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06PARIS7462	UNESCO AND ITS RIGHT TO THE CITY PROGRAM [...] Summary. Despite concerns raised by the U.S. Mission, UNESCO continues to pursue its "Right to the City" program and will be holding a December 11-12 meeting on "Urban Policies and the Right to the City." Despite UNESCO's support of this program, it is clear from a recent meeting with the org [...]	2006-11-20 15:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO UNESCO

06PARIS7477	FRENCH GDP STAGNATES IN THIRD QUARTER [...] SUMMARY: Based on a French National Statistical Agency preliminary estimate (which may be subject to revisions),GDP growth stagnated in Q-3. The results disappointed the government, which was counting on growth to reduce unemployment ahead of the April 2007 presidential elections. However, [...]	2006-11-21 13:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS7478	DEMARCHE TO RESETTLE PROTECTED MIGRANTS FROM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points November 14 to MFA Office Director-equivalent for Asylum and Immigration Pierre Brethes, MFA Desk officer-equivalent for the United States Sameh Safty, and MFA Desk officer-equivalent for Cuba Othman El Kashtoul, urging the French government to consider re [...]	2006-11-21 13:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF FR SMIG SZ
06PARIS7481	REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO MEET WITH PLO REP HIND [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (S) During a November 20 conversation with Ambassador Stapleton, French Senator Aymeri de Montesquiou offered to host a lunch for the Ambassador and Ms. Hind Al-Khoury, the PLO General Representative to Paris. Montesquiou argued forcefully that [...]	2006-11-21 14:11:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR KPAL PREL
06PARIS7482	FRANCE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 16 to Eric Berder, Ministry of Transportation Deputy Director for Maritime Safety. Berder noted that the EU had developed a common position on the issue, to which France adhered. They viewed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and th [...]	2006-11-21 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS FR
06PARIS7483	URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin),continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...]	2006-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER FR
06PARIS7484	TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...]	2006-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR
06PARIS7485	URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin),continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...]	2006-11-21 14:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER FR
06PARIS7486	TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...]	2006-11-21 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR
06PARIS7490	FRANCE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 16 to Eric Berder, Ministry of Transportation Deputy Director for Maritime Safety. Berder noted that the EU had developed a common position on the issue, to which France adhered. They viewed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and th [...]	2006-11-21 15:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS FR
06PARIS7491	PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) At the November 15 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors decided on an initial response to Argentine Finance Secretary MacLaughlin's letter to the Club expressing the GOA's desire to restart a dialogue and normalize relations as soon as possible. Creditors agreed that Paris Club Chairman Mu [...]	2006-11-21 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7493	FORMER SUDANESE FM ISMAIL ASSURES SUDAN ENVOY THAT [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios met with Bashir presidential advisor and former Sudanese FM Mustafa Osman Ismail in Paris on November 18. Natsios, who arrived from the Addis Ababa consultations on Darfur, sought an unambiguous public statement of GoS support for the Addis [...]	2006-11-21 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO FR SU
06PARIS7504	FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted Rockwell Collins France regarding export license 05-1001634 involving the delivery of helicopter parts and communication system components. The Department was concerned about the excessive number of intermediate consignees. Rockwell [...]	2006-11-22 08:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC FR
06PARIS7507	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MEETING ON SPAIN'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 22 to Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS equivalent for the Levant. In response, Besancenot made the following three points: First, the isolation of the Hamas-led PA government is radicalizing the Palestinian population; second, a continuation of the st [...]	2006-11-22 13:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PGOV PREL SP SY
06PARIS7508	APPROACHING FRANCE ON TURKEY-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Widespread public opposition to Turkish EU membership in the run-up to France's presidential elections severely limits the GOF's flexibility in dealing with the Turkey-Cyprus issue, notwithstanding Chirac's foreign policy prerogatives and his long-standi [...]	2006-11-22 13:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO TU CY UNO
06PARIS7511	TELECOM ATTORNEY ON FRANCE'S ICT STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 16, Hogan and Hartson Attorney (and long-time observer of the French telecoms sector) Winston Maxwell told us that poor consumer protection and nonpublic frequency management were the two areas detracting from France's otherwise robust implementation of EU directives [...]	2006-11-22 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON FR
06PARIS7517	UNESCO'S D-G URGES MEMBER STATES TO RATIFY THE 2001 [...] (U) Action requested: see paragraph 10 below. 2. (U) Summary. At a well-attended information meeting hosted at UNESCO's Headquarters on November 21, 2006, and personally chaired by Director-General Matsuura, the D-G issued an appeal to UNESCO Member States to move with greater speed to incr [...]	2006-11-24 06:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO UNESCO
06PARIS7523	ASMARA FACILITATION IS A NON-STARTER, SLM LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met SLM Abdulwahid El-Nur on October 18. Nur said he and the SLM felt shunted aside by the U.S. and appealed for a strategic alliance to end the genocide in Darfur. SE Natsios emphasized the need to unify Darfur rebel factions and bring DPA non-sig [...]	2006-11-24 11:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR ER SU FR
06PARIS7533	POSSIBLE RE-TRANSFER OF USML FROM FRANCE TO FRENCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC FR
06PARIS7534	MEDIA WRAP-UP: SYRIA AND IRAN IN MIDDLE-EAST POWER PLAY, [...] (SBU) The media speculated at great length about Syria's role in the assassination of Lebanese Pierre Gemayel and on its broader agenda in the Middle East. By November 24, right-of-center Le Figaro warned that "Washington would pay dearly for Iraq when it turned to Tehran and Damascus to help [...]	2006-11-24 15:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS754	CONTROVERSY OVER MUHAMMAD CARICATURES CONTINUES IN [...] (C) Summary: France has joined Denmark, but to a lesser degree, as a target of ire in Muslim countries following a French daily's February 1 publication of Danish-origin Muhammad caricatures (ref A),which have since appeared in other French media. Palestinian militants threw a grenade at the [...]	2006-02-06 13:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL XF FR
06PARIS7541	FRENCH STRESS REGIONAL FALL-OUT OF DARFUR, PLEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios and Ambassador Stapleton met on November 18 with French Presidential Africa Counselor Bonnecorse and MFA/AF A/S-Equivalent de Gliniasty Bonnecorse stressed French concern at the regional fallout of the Darfur catastrophe. The Sudanese program of [...]	2006-11-27 08:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO PINR CD CT SU FR
06PARIS7548	CHAD: FRENCH BELIEVE REBEL OFFENSIVE HAS RUNS ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials on November 27 said that the rebel offensive in Chad seemed to be subsiding after gains that peaked during the weekend. They believed that rebel elements were withdrawing eastward towards Sudan. President Deby, in contact with French officials in N'djamena, seeme [...]	2006-11-27 15:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS PGOV PINS CD FR
06PARIS7549	RWANDA/FRANCE: "WE'RE BACK TO ZERO" [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RW FR
06PARIS755	MITTAL STEEL RE-AWAKENS ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French politicians, caught off guard at first, are finding it hard to resist evoking "economic patriotism" in response to Mittal Steel's surprise hostile takeover bid of Arcelor. After Mittal preemptively assured it had no job cuts in mind, the latest salvos have shifted to di [...]	2006-02-06 14:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS7551	HEAD OF AFGHAN SENATE CONDEMNS PAKISTAN DURING [...] (C) Summary: In private meetings at the French Senate and MFA November 14-16, head of the Afghan Senate Sibghatullah Mujaddedi had only one aim: forcefully and obsessively to denounce alleged Pakistani support of Taliban insurgents and to call for international condemnation of Pakistan. The [...]	2006-11-27 16:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR AF PK
06PARIS7553	UNESCO - FIRST INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING OF INTANGIBLE [...] (U) Begin Summary. The first meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Algiers November 18-19, 2006. The UNESCO D-G laid out a detailed timetable of proposed IGC and General Assembly meetings over the next two years t [...]	2006-11-28 06:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7562	UNESCO: JOINT EXPERT GROUP DEBATES RIGHT TO EDUCATION [...] Summary: Experts from UNESCO's Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (CR) and the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR) convened the fifth Joint Expert Group Session on the right to free education at UNESCO Paris on November 17, 2006. During discussions on the framew [...]	2006-11-28 12:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL PHUM LAW
06PARIS7567	SIGIR Stuart Bowen's PD Program in France, Nov 20 - 22, [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy's Public Affairs Section (PAS) took advantage of the visit to France of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Stuart Bowen, November 20-22, 2006, to program him as a "target of opportunity" speaker in both Paris and Lille. Presenting updated informati [...]	2006-11-28 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KDEM IZ FR
06PARIS7568	FCC AND ARCEP COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS NEXT GENERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Tate discussed telecommunications regulatory issues with her French counterpart telecommunications regulator Autorite de Regulation des Communication Electronique et des Postes (ARCEP) Commissioner Gabrielle Gauthey on November 10. Ga [...]	2006-11-28 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON FR
06PARIS7575	FRANCE: AIR TRANSPORT FOR AFGHANS TO HAJJ DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 22 to Nicole Taillefer, Head of the Energy, Transport and Infrastructure Department in the MFA's Economics Directorate. She was unaware of any Government of Afghanistan request for support in transportation of Hajjis, but said she would follow [...]	2006-11-28 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EAIR FR AF
06PARIS7579	GOF C/T COORDINATOR,S OVERVIEW OF TERRORISM THREAT [...] (S) Summary: Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's counter-terrorism coordinating chief, told us on November 20 that GOF authorities remain extremely concerned about the threat of terrorism on French soil and are actively taking measures to combat current and future threats. Radical Islami [...]	2006-11-29 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS7580	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PARIS RSI PARTICIPANTS [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for visiting USG officials participating in the Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative Chiefs of Mission Conference to travel to Paris, France from December 4 to December 8, 2006. The RSI conference will bring together [...]	2006-11-29 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER FR
06PARIS7581	ITER JOINT IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT FOR $10 BILLION FUSION [...] Summary: On November 21, representatives of the European Union, China, Russia, India, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the United States signed the agreement creating the ITER international organization charged with building, operating and dismantling, at a cost of some $10 billion, a first-o [...]	2006-11-29 14:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY SENV KPAO FR
06PARIS7584	FRENCH SERIOUS ABOUT CARBON TAX PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND SENV PGOV WTRO FR
06PARIS7586	COTE D'IVOIRE: GOF UPSET OVER GBAGBO'S TAKE-OVER [...] (C) MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel on November 29 said that the GOF was extremely upset over Cote d'Ivoire President Gbagbo's recent actions that in effect represented a take-over of the RTI broadcasting station, Cote d'Ivoire's state-owned and principal radio and television [...]	2006-11-29 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IV FR
06PARIS7604	France Energy Policy Maker on energy independence, energy [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry Energy Director General Dominique Maillard told us that France has diversified its energy sources so that it is not dependent on any one overseas market. A large proportion of its energy comes from nuclear energy, and no more than one- [...]	2006-12-01 05:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET FR
06PARIS7612	UNESCO: AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION SWITCHING: [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (U) Reftel reported on a recent UNESCO Executive Board (EB) decision (175th session, fall 2006) with respect to a controversial European Union-initiated practice of ambassadorial switching (or surrogate representation among ambassadors) dur [...]	2006-12-01 05:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO KPAO XG
06PARIS762	FRENCH PROPOSALS FOR AN EU ENERGY POLICY [...] (U) As part of an on-going EU debate on an integrated energy policy, France recently presented a memorandum highlighting the contribution of nuclear power to the security of supply and the fight against climate change. France also stressed the importance of energy-saving initiatives and grea [...]	2006-02-06 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET SENV EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS7623	IVLP ALUMNI BREAKFAST DISCUSSES DIVERSITY IN FRANCE [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently hosted a breakfast discussion for IVLP returnees, the eighth in a series that has now become an established routine here. This latest event brought together eight recent IVLP and VolVis alumni - including government officials, researchers, entrepreneurs, and NG [...]	2006-12-01 11:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC PGOV KPAO FR
06PARIS7625	IVLP ALUMNI BREAKFAST DISCUSSES LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently hosted a breakfast discussion for IVLP returnees, the seventh in a series that has now become an established routine here. This latest event brought together eight recent IVLP alumni who are locally elected officials from different regions and cities in France [...]	2006-12-01 11:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC PGOV KPAO FR
06PARIS7633	French Digital Copyright Law Demarche [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref A, Embassy officers have reiterated USG concerns relating to the proposed decree (Ref B),which would implement France's controversial new copyright legislation. We will use the upcoming visit of DUSTR Veroneau December 8 to underscore the importance of this issue for th [...]	2006-12-01 14:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN KIPR FR
06PARIS7635	WEEKLY MAGAZINES: SECOND IN A SERIES ON FRENCH MEDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2006-2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of French weekly magazines is the second in a series of cables ana [...]	2006-12-01 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7636	MEDIA WRAP-UP: NATO SUMMIT AND AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY--THE [...] (SBU) The NATO Summit in Riga and President Bush's support for a Global Partnership Initiative elicited commentary highlighting divergent French and American views, while discussion on Afghanistan illustrated the "urgent need to help NATO reverse the growing impression it was losing its grip." [...]	2006-12-01 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7639	GOF EXTENDS BAN ON GM RAPESEEDS [...] On November 24, the Government of France extended its ban on two biotech-rapeseed products to April 18, 2007, despite the WTO decision that Member State bans were not supported by scientific evidence and were inconsistent with WTO rules. These decrees are available at: www.legifrance.gouv.fr. [...]	2006-12-01 15:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SIPDIS EU FR
06PARIS7641	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ESS REGISTER OF DAMAGES [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 17:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA FR IS
06PARIS7642	PARIS III UPDATE FROM JOUYET [...] (C) Summary: Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Chirac's Special Envoy for the Lebanon Donors' Conference (i.e., Paris III),told us on November 30 that he anticipates holding a Core Group meeting in Paris between January 8 and 10, prior to the conference on January 25. Chirac issued invitations on November [...]	2006-12-04 05:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL
06PARIS7657	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 10:19:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7661	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 1 to Arnaud Pescheux, MFA desk officer for Iran. Pescheux agreed with our analysis of the circular nature of the Iranian system. He also agreed that the new Iranian elections would likely fail to meet international standards of fairness and openne [...]	2006-12-04 12:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IR KDEM PGOV PREL
06PARIS7666	U/S OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decision to do more in Afghanistan by ensuring that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and [...]	2006-12-05 08:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR ECPS NATO AF FR
06PARIS7668	FRENCH MFA EVER MORE PESSIMISTIC ON LEBANON [...] (S) Summary: Damien Loras, Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor for the Middle East, told us December 4 that he was "quite pessimistic" about Lebanon's future and doubtful that PM Siniora's government would survive. Nevertheless, he said the MFA was not inclined at present to favor [...]	2006-12-05 10:33:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7680	FRANCE'S CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL POSTPONES GDF [...] (SBU) On November 30, the French Constitutional Council indicated that the GOF energy bill was constitutional with two changes: 1) the Suez-Gaz de France (GDF) merger cannot legally take place before July 1, 2007, when GDF loses its monopoly to supply gas to private homes; 2) the GOF energy bi [...]	2006-12-05 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS7684	DOD U/S EDELMAN'S DECEMBER 1 MEETING WITH CHIRAC'S [...] (S) Summary: In a December 1 meeting with DoD U/S Edelman devoted primarily to Syria/Lebanon, French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) assessed that Syria was the weakest link in the Hizballah-Syria-Iran axis and wondered whether Israel could apply more pressure on Syria, a questi [...]	2006-12-06 13:08:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7698	LEBANESE DIPLOMAT THINKS HIZBALLAH HAS THE UPPER [...] (C) SUMMARY: LEBANESE A/DCM GHADY EL-KHOURY TOLD US DECEMBER 6 HE BELIEVED HIZBALLAH HAD THE UPPER HAND IN THE CURRENT CRISIS IN LEBANON THANKS IN LARGE PART TO ITS DOMINATION OF LEBANON'S SHI'A COMMUNITY. EL-KHOURY ASSESSED THAT MANY LEBANESE SHIITES WITH NO LOVE OF NASRALLAH'S IDEOLOGY -- IN [...]	2006-12-07 11:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7699	DOD U/S FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS: [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made on Afghanistan at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decisions to ensure that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and OEF through [...]	2006-12-07 11:54:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR ECPS NATO MNUC AF FR
06PARIS7705	EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN FRANCE AND DOC ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary. On November 30, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a GOF interagency group to discuss a wide variety of export control issues and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China Licensing Pol [...]	2006-12-07 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EINV FR
06PARIS7712	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER UNSC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on December 7 to Salina Grenet, MFA IO action officer for the Middle East. Grenet said that Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy had not yet decided whether to attend the thematic meeting due to a scheduling conflict (he has another engagement in Asia); she hinted t [...]	2006-12-07 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS PREL UNSC
06PARIS7714	FRANCE PROPOSES INTELLIGENCE-SHARING CONTACT GROUP [...] Summary: (C) According to the MFA non-proliferatio officer, France shares the U.S.'s conviction that financial and transportation networks that facilitate North Korea's proliferation activities must be curbed. To that end, the GoF believes there is room for more coordination and intelligence [...]	2006-12-08 09:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN FR
06PARIS7715	INTEGRATION AND "REPUBLICAN CITIZENSHIP" IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Francois Garay, the avowedly leftist mayor of Les Mureaux, a town of 32,000 inhabitants 25 miles northeast of Paris where October civil unrest left seven police officers injured and two automobiles destroyed, explicitly rejected economic, racial, and religious explanations as t [...]	2006-12-08 12:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR PGOV PHUM
06PARIS7716	NEA DAS GORDON GRAY'S DECEMBER 5 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with NEA DAS Gordon Gray, Franck Gellet, the MFA DAS-equivalent for the Persian Gulf, observed that the Gulf states were privately alarmed by Iran's nuclear ambitions, although their public discourse was not particularly helpful. He asked whether the U.S. h [...]	2006-12-08 13:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM PGOV PREL
06PARIS7724	Widespread interest in US crop insurance programs [...] Summary: James Callan, Associate Administrator, Risk Management Agency, USDA, visited Paris November 13 and 14 and met with representatives from various agricultural sectors and French parliamentarians to discuss the US crop insurance program. All interlocutors expressed strong interest in US [...]	2006-12-08 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS7727	ISRAELI FM LIVNI'S DECEMBER 5-6 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Livni had a fairly terse exchange with FM Douste-Blazy on the status of the Sheba Farms and the need for the Palestinians to explicitly accept the Quartet principles. Douste-Blazy, to the surprise of his MFA underlings, asked Livni to consider entering into secret talk [...]	2006-12-08 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7729	MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHAVEZ RE-ELECTED, CASTRO FADES; FOREIGN [...] (SBU) The Chavez re-election and Raoul Castro's "gesture" towards Washington illustrated French views on Latin America's relationship with the U.S. during the first part of the week, while a fierce domestic debate raged about Socialist presidential candidate Royal's controversial trip to the Mi [...]	2006-12-08 16:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7731	FRANCE/GAERC: AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES EXCEPT [...] (U) We shared refs A and B points December 5 with MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points),DAS-equivalent for industrial questions and sensitive exports Marc Abensour (China embargo),DAS-equivalent for the Levant Herve Besancenot (Israel-Palestinian conflict and Leb [...]	2006-12-08 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UN YI SR BK IS LE IR
06PARIS7732	TERRORIST LISTS - FRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PTER FR
06PARIS7755	A/S FRIED AND FRENCH NSA-EQUIVALENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Dan Fried's December 7 meeting with presidential diplomatic advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) focused largely on Russia, with France in a defensive posture. MGM raised the aborted Putin-Chirac dinner on the margins of the NATO Riga Summit, saying it had been instigated b [...]	2006-12-12 13:05:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR EUN NATO RS UNO SR YI TU CY
06PARIS7756	AMBASSADOR GODEC'S DECEMBER 7 MEETINGS IN PARIS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Robert Godec held bilateral meetings on December 7 with Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa, and Jean-Pierre Filiu, Associate Professor at Sciences Po and former French DCM in Tunis. Testo and Filiu each described their Tunisian interlo [...]	2006-12-12 13:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM PGOV PREL TS
06PARIS7770	A/S FRIED AND MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and MFA Political Director Araud on December 6 discussed whether Russia would wield a veto at the UNSC to thwart Kosovar independence. Araud called for a resolution that would facilitate a Russian abstention. A/S Fried agreed, but insisted there must be a common diplomat [...]	2006-12-12 17:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM RU TU SR FR
06PARIS7780	FRANCE SUPPORTS PASSING UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) We delivered December 13 reftel demarche to Fabrice Mauries, DAS-equivalent for Southeast Asia at the MFA. Mauries said France fully supports a UNSC resolution on Burma and agrees with the U.S. assessment that like-minded members of the Security Council must move forward to pass the res [...]	2006-12-14 07:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
06PARIS7781	FRANCE AVAILABLE FOR BILATERAL MEETINGS AT WILTON [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 07:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT FR
06PARIS7787	CHIRAC ADVISER HINTS AT SOFTENING IN FRENCH [...] (S) Summary: In a December 12 meeting, Dominique Boche (President Chirac's Middle East adviser) hinted at a possible softening in France's position on establishing an international tribunal for Lebanon. Boche said that France would support whatever position the Government of Lebanon (GOL) too [...]	2006-12-14 10:09:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7788	LILLE INSTITUTE CONCEIVED TO PROMULGATE MODERATE [...] (SBU) Summary: APP Lille Consul and Embassy Poloff called November 29 on Mohamed Bechari, Chairman of the recently inaugurated Institut Avicenne des Sciences Humaines (IASH),a multi-disciplinary private educational establishment devoted to the study of Islamic theology, history and the Arab [...]	2006-12-14 10:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR PGOV PHUM SCUL
06PARIS7795	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH JACQUES [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Fried met with recognized intellectual and long-time Segolene Royal confidant Jacques Attali on December 6. Attali underlined that Royal, even though she is a leading contender for France's presidency in next spring's elections, has had very little experience making and [...]	2006-12-14 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EUN PINR SOCI ECON PREL FR
06PARIS7796	USUNESCO - BRASILIA OFFICE UPDATE [...] (U) Classified by USUNESCO DCM Andrew Koss, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) During a meeting on 6 December by Mission Political Assistant with Mrs. Lamia Salman-el Madini, Director of UNESCO's Bureau of Field Coordination, the subject of the Brasilia field office was raised, as she had [...]	2006-12-14 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL UNESCO BR
06PARIS7800	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Poloff and Russian counterpart delivered reftel to Hughes de Longevialle, French deputy coordinator for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Longevialle welcomed the various papers and agreed to initiate an interagency process to develop possible French proposals for the pl [...]	2006-12-14 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC KNNP PREL AS CA CH RFE GM IT JA
06PARIS7802	GOF TO BE CONDEMNED BY EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE [...] On December 12, the EU Commission proposed that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) fine the GOF a lump sum of 38 million euros and a daily penalty of 366,744 euros for not transposing EU Directive 2001/18 (the EU legal framework on the deliberate release of biotech products into the environme [...]	2006-12-14 16:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS7803	HARIRI ALLY SEES MARCH 14 IN STRONG POSITION [...] (C) Basile Yared, Sa'ad Hariri's representative in Paris, told Poloff on December 14 that Arab League SYG Amr Moussa had a "difficult" meeting with Hizballah and Amal officials late December 13. According to Yared, Hizballah stunned Moussa by insisting not only that it obtain a blocking minor [...]	2006-12-15 05:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7805	USUNESCO: THIRD WORKING GROUP SESSION ON THE RIGHT TO THE [...] Summary: Participants in the Third Working Group Session on the "Right to the City," a joint project between UNESCO and UN Habitat, developed a project plan for the next two years leading up to the Nanjing, China World Urban Forum in 2008. Participants agreed to undertake regional inventories [...]	2006-12-15 09:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL KPAO
06PARIS7806	USUNESCO: 13th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS [...] Summary: The 13th session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) examined the preliminary reports of its working groups on social responsibility and health and on consent. During the debate on social responsibility and health, IBC members reiterated their independence from UNESCO itsel [...]	2006-12-15 10:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TBIO US KSCI FR
06PARIS7813	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: PINOCHET'S DEATH; IRAN AND THE [...] (SBU) French Media coverage of ex-Chilean President Augusto Pinochet's death was unanimous in lamenting his "escape from justice" but noted that Chile had "turned a page" with the election of Michele Bachelet. A few commentators argued that overall, Latin America was on the road to democracy. [...]	2006-12-15 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7815	GDP GROWTH CONFRONTS GLOBAL 2007 SLOWDOWN [...] SUMMARY: In its December overview of the French economy, the French National Statistical Agency forecast GDP growth to rebound to 3.6 percent (annualized) in the fourth quarter of 2006 after no growth in the third quarter. The forecast puts 2006 GDP growth at 2.1 percent, the bottom of the 2. [...]	2006-12-18 09:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS7828	UNESCO REFORM: NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR PONDERS POTENTIAL [...] SUMMARY: U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Executive Director Susanna Connaughton used her December meetings with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector to query them on the ongoing review of the Sciences sectors, and on how they assess the impact of their programs. Her interlocutors, [...]	2006-12-18 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
06PARIS7835	PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 12-13 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided Haiti a debt restructuring based on its achievement of decision point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. This agreement consolidates around USD 69 million in debt, and will lead to the immedia [...]	2006-12-19 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7844	GOF SUPPORTIVE OF ROBUST MONITORING OF OECD BRIBERY [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the work of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) with MFA DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre on December 14. Pierre said France was fully supportive of U.S. efforts to continue with a robust post-Phase II monitoring mechanism. Parties to the Conventi [...]	2006-12-19 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OECD KCOR FR
06PARIS7847	S/P KRASNER'S DISCUSSION WITH LEADING FRENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 13 lunch with Policy Planning Director Stephen Krasner, three of France's leading strategic thinkers worried that, absent tough talk from the U.S., Iran would continue to develop a nuclear weapons program and scorn the IAEA with total impunity. They urged the [...]	2006-12-20 09:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL FR IR
06PARIS7858	Terrorist Financing Coordinating Officer [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 13:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER FR
06PARIS7861	FLURRY OF FRENCH CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES [...] Summary: To reach Kyoto Protocol commitments, the government of France recently announced: -- Its updated 'National Plan' to fight climate change (PNLCC) aimed at saving an extra 6 to 8 million tons equivalent CO2 per year (MtCO2) for the period 2008-2010. -- In the context of the EU Emis [...]	2006-12-20 13:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG FR
06PARIS7864	OECD: COUNCIL DISCUSSES BUDGET, MAY MINISTERIAL AS WELL AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OECD Council met all day on December 14 for its last regularly scheduled session in 2006. PermReps considered the program of work and budget (PWB) for 2007-2008 (see reftel),enlargement and enhanced engagement as well as planning for the May 2007 Meeting of the Council at [...]	2006-12-20 15:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OECD EFIN ETRD EAID
06PARIS7873	UPDATE ON DEPLOYMENT OF FRENCH UAVS TO LEBANON [...] (C) On December 20, we met with Alexandra Novosseloff, desk officer in the MOD's Crisis Management bureau, to clarify the status of France's deployment of reconnaissance drones (SDTI) to Lebanon (reftels). She noted that, contrary to press reports, the drones have not yet been deployed in Leb [...]	2006-12-20 15:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE FR
06PARIS7882	FRANCE'S NEW SCIENTIFIC/INNOVATION SYSTEM [...] Summary: In the past two years France has undertaken remarkable reforms in its scientific/innovation system. These include the creation of a High Council for Science and Technology, a National Research Agency, and numerous 'competitiveness clusters,' among other structures. The government has [...]	2006-12-21 12:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL PGOV FR
06PARIS7884	FRANCE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] In 2006, France continued to pursue aggressive counterterrorism measures, including the dismantling of terror networks on its territory, notably those assisting in the recruitment or financing of terrorists to Iraq. French terrorism officials remained on high alert since the London subway bom [...]	2006-12-21 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER FR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR KPAO
06PARIS7885	FRENCH AND AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Ranjeen Dadfar Spanta reacted skeptically to the French proposal for an Afghanistan Contact Group during a meeting December 14 with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy. Although Douste-Blazy tried to sell the group as an opportunity to rationaliz [...]	2006-12-21 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF FR
06PARIS7887	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FRANCE DECLINES REQUEST TO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered answers to follow-up questions from reftel A. on Cuban and Haitian protected migrants (see also reftels B. and C.) on December 8 to Pierre Brethes, MFA officer in the Office of Asylum and Immigration. Brethes responded that illegal immigration to France from its oversea [...]	2006-12-21 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR PREF CU HA SOCI
06PARIS7892	SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE NYSE-EURONEXT MERGER [...] SUMMARY: As expected, NYSE and Euronext shareholders voted in favor of a merger, clearing the most significant remaining hurdle to creating a transatlantic stock exchange. Opposition to the merger largely crumbled after NYSE's surging stock price made its offer too attractive to refuse, and a [...]	2006-12-22 09:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS7898	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: HAMAS ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR; LE [...] (SBU) The threat of civil war in Gaza and Palestinian President Abbas's proposal for new elections led to speculation about the Middle East as a spawning ground for civil strife. France's National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen received widespread attention in the context of an alleged "softer [...]	2006-12-22 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7902	FRENCH UPDATE ON THE TFTP [...] (C) SUMMARY: France remains cautious about the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP). It is still debating internally how to respond to the European Commission's queries, mindful of the priority to ensure that counter-terrorism cooperation continues. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Drawing on po [...]	2006-12-26 06:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ECON FR
06PARIS7904	S/CT CRUMPTON MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART TO EXTEND [...] (S) Summary: In an amicable December 7 dinner meeting with Ambassador-at-Large Henry Crumpton, Russian Special Presidential Representative Anatoliy Safonov agreed to move forward with several proposals that expand U.S./Russian counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. These include: --Engaging the Americ [...]	2006-12-26 11:45:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM FR
06PARIS7918	FRENCH DOUBT GOA/POLISARIO WILL AGREE TO A REFUGEE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb on December 28. Testo agreed that resolving the number of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria is "a critical question," but doubted that the Polisario would agree to a census outside the context of a final res [...]	2006-12-28 09:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AG FR PREF PREL
06PARIS792	WHA A/S SHANNON'S 2/2 MEETINGS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon visited Paris on February 2 to discuss the full range of WHA issues with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency. On Haiti, Shannon encouraged France to consider symbolic gestures during the election period to demonstrate GOF engagement, an a [...]	2006-02-08 08:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON FR AR VE BL BR CO CA IR HA

06PARIS7928	THE FIRST LADY'S JAN 14-17 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) The First Lady's visit to France comes at an ideal moment, just as the French are contemplating a generational change in their politics and reassessing their role in the world. The First Lady will be able to highlight our historic friendship, our effective modern-day collaboration, and ou [...]	2006-12-29 14:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP BUSH LAURA PREL PGOV FR EUN UNO NATO
06PARIS798	DEPSEC ZOELLICK REVIEWS INVESTMENT BARRIERS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary Zoellick reviewed French economic reforms, new GoF restrictive investment rules, and the current state of the Doha Round trade negotiations with Christine Lagarde, France's Minister-delegate for Foreign Trade. Lagarde said France was "open for business", and [...]	2006-02-08 11:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL OTRA ETRD EINV EFIN EUN FR
06PARIS8	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy Tension [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-03 13:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS823	FRANCE; DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S JAN. 24 [...] (SBU) Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff held meetings in Paris January 24 to discuss preparations for a potential avian flu pandemic, Franco-American cooperation on C/T and aviation security, and specific issues related to biometric passports and the Container Security Initiative [...]	2006-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER FR EAIR KFLU CVIS
06PARIS824	FRANCE: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S JAN. 25 MEETING [...] (SBU) Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met French Minister of the Interior Nicholas Sarkozy for the first time in Paris on January 25. Sarkozy was accompanied by Diplomatic Advisor David Martinon, National Police Director General Michel Gaudin, and Director of the MOI Office [...]	2006-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER FR CVIS
06PARIS827	FRENCH ON TURKISH PLAN FOR CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France not only sees nothing new in the January 24 "Gul proposal," but considers it essentially as a step backward, according to MFA DAS-equivalents responsible for Cyprus in the EU and UN. In their view, Turkey is already obliged to fulfill its Ankara protocol commitments on o [...]	2006-02-08 17:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU FR EUN
06PARIS840	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - Energy [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 12:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS846	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GOF [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary met separately on February 3 with Presidential Counselor for African Affairs Michel de Bonnecorse and Chief of Defense General Henri Bentegeat for exchanges on Sudan and Chad. French interlocutors concurred AMIS should transition into a UN mission, while em [...]	2006-02-09 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF IV CD SU FR
06PARIS850	UNESCO: MARTI PRIZE [...] (C) As a result of Mission inquiries, additional information has been obtained about the chicanery behind the awarding of the Marti prize to Hugo Chavez. It has become clear that it was deliberately orchestrated slap at the United States by individuals in the UNESCO secretariat working in cah [...]	2006-02-09 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CU VE UNESCO
06PARIS851	France and ISTA Executive Committee [...] Per REFTEL, FAS/Paris sent the talking points to Joel Lechappe, French Delegate to the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA),and discussed the points with him in a follow-up conversation. 2. Joel Lechappe said that he will be the French Delegate at the ISTA Executive Committee m [...]	2006-02-09 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV TBIO FR WTRO EUN
06PARIS853	MFA AFFIRMS COMMON LINE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on assistance to Palestinians with MFA desk officer for Palestinian affairs Mariam Diallo, who reaffirmed GoF support for the January 30 Quartet statement. She stressed that the GoF had established clear conditions the next Palestinian government must meet to re [...]	2006-02-09 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS FR
06PARIS854	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER-DELEGATE [...] (C) Summary: At a February 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister Delegate for European Affairs Catherine SIPDIS Colonna affirmed a vision of an ever-deepening European Union despite recent turmoil, stated that the next enlargement should be limited to the Balkan states, and sketche [...]	2006-02-10 09:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO KNNP IR SU CD CG
06PARIS862	MOD BACKGROUND COMMENTS ON FRANCE'S EVOLVING [...] (C) Summary: MOD Diplomatic advisor Camille Grand reiterated Feb 8 that President Chirac had not sought to break significant new ground on France's nuclear deterrence strategy in his January 19 speech, but rather was adapting French deterrence policy to the evolving "strategic environment." F [...]	2006-02-10 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC MARR PREL PTER FR
06PARIS887	SEEKING USG PARTICIPATION IN MICHELIN [...] Michelin senior representatives contacted Embassy to urge U.S. participation in the next Michelin Challenge Bibendum that will take place in Paris from 9 to 12 June 2006. This event, which has gained international recognition as the premier "clean and safe vehicle event" worldwide provides an [...]	2006-02-10 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY ELTN SENV KPAO FR
06PARIS892	U.S.-FRENCH GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: U.S. and French delegations met to discuss the U.S. proposal for a Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). Both sides made presentations on their R&D agendas on closing the fuel cycle. The French side expressed strong support for the direction of the U.S. GNEP proposal, and a [...]	2006-02-10 17:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG TRGY FR
06PARIS897	FRENCH APPRECIATE USG OVERTURE ON WTO TRADE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. French services negotiators told USG negotiators they appreciated the visit by the USG's WTO services negotiators and told them that France shared the United States' high-level of ambition. GOF officials told acting Assistant USTR Christine Bliss February 2 that they saw consi [...]	2006-02-13 11:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON FR WTRO
06PARIS907	PSI: INTERAGENCY BILATERAL MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary. An interagency delegation met in Paris with French officials on January 16 to discuss the pending export to China of a vibration/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) by the U.S. company Data Physics and the French Company Actidyn Systemes. French technical experts disagreed wit [...]	2006-02-13 14:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR CH
06PARIS91	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Mideast: Sharon's Health and [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-06 13:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS915	FRENCH MUSLIM PROTESTS OF MOHAMMED CARTOONS GROW [...] (C) Summary: Two weekend protests in Paris and Strasbourg were the largest so far in France on the cartoon controversy, but the gatherings remained peaceful and took place without incident. Both gatherings were initiated by groups outside the mainstream of French Muslim organizations, which h [...]	2006-02-13 17:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KDEM PTER IR TU FR
06PARIS929	FRENCH ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS IN Q4 2005 [...] SUMMARY. France's Q-4 GDP growth of 0.8% (annualized) means that GDP only increased 1.4% in 2005, down from 2.1% in 2004. Foreign trade contributed negatively to GDP growth, posting a record deficit. The Government reiterated it still would meet its objective to reduce the budget deficit to [...]	2006-02-14 10:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS937	PRESIDENT CHIRAC SPURS MICROCREDIT DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: As another way to quiet the unrest in French suburbs, President Chirac personally turned his attention to the development of micro-credit, notably in disadvantaged areas. At a recent roundtable, Chirac proposed giving more money to the social cohesion fund ("Fonds de Cohesion Sociale [...]	2006-02-14 14:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS945	MFA CONTACTS STRESS GOF POSITION ON HAMAS [...] (C) In conversations with us February 13, senior MFA contacts stressed that the GoF position on Hamas remained unchanged and they downplayed press reports suggesting that the GoF had endorsed Russia's initiative to invite Hamas leaders to Moscow. MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herv Besan [...]	2006-02-14 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL PTER FR
06PARIS953	EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEB 3 MEETING WITH SARKOZY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker reviewed on February 3 with Patrick Devedjian, a former industry minister and key advisor to Interior Minister Sarkozy, how a possible Sarkozy administration would likely approach relations with the U.S. Devedjian said a Sarkozy [...]	2006-02-14 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS955	EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: French MOD Diplomatic Adviser Besancenot and deputy Grand gave EUR PDAS Volker February 3 a preview of the points that MOD Alliot-Marie planned to make at the Annual Security Conference in Germany the following day and at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerial at Taormina February [...]	2006-02-14 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO EUN AF FR
06PARIS96	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] The following text is our contribution to the INCSR, per reftel: France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods of laundering money in France include the use of bank deposits; f [...]	2006-01-06 14:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN FR
06PARIS963	SUDAN/AMIS RE-HATTING: FRENCH ON BOARD, YET FACE [...] (C) Summary: Visiting IO/PSC Director Anderson and Embassy Africa Watcher shared the non-paper on AMIS re-hatting with the French Presidency and the MFA, encouraging France to engage in a complementary effort with AU partners (reftel). Presidential Advisor Labriolle maintained France was on [...]	2006-02-14 18:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU FR
06PARIS98	USUNESCO - DG'S SURPRISE CHRISTMAS SHAKE-UP [...] Just before UNESCO closed for the Christmas holidays, Director General Matsuura, on December 23, issued an internal memorandum shaking up parts of both the education and social science sectors. In a surprise move, the DG reassigned Wataru Iwamoto (Japan),the head of the Education Sector's S [...]	2006-01-06 14:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL FR UNESCO
06PARIS984	French Conclusions to WTO Panel Decision [...] SUMMARY: While there was no official reaction by the GOF to the recently announced WTO interim panel decision on the biotech case, the national press covered the issue widely. The French biotech bill was presented to the Council of Ministers the day after the WTO ruling was released, fuelin [...]	2006-02-15 17:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
06PARIS986	COMOROS PRESIDENT UNDERSCORES U.S. FRIENDSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Comoros President Assoumani Azali underscored to the Ambassador his cooperative relationship with the USG, including signature of an Article 98 agreement and counter-terrorism efforts. He regretted the absence of an accredited American ambassador to the Comoros. Azali related [...]	2006-02-15 18:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PTER CN FR
06PARIS99	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] This is part 1 of the INCSR submission for France. A section on the French Caribbean and French Guiana follows at the end of this message. I. SUMMARY: France is a transshipment point for drugs moving into, from and within Europe. Given France's shared borders with trafficking conduit [...]	2006-01-06 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR FR
06PARIS993	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL PARRIES WITH EXECUTIVE [...] Summary: On January 19, 2006 the UNESCO Executive Board met for an information meeting with UNESCO Director-General (DG) Matsuura. Members of the Executive Board were invited to submit questions in advance of the meeting. Rather than answer questions directly, the DG read prepared remarks t [...]	2006-02-16 11:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL AORC SOCI UNESCO
06PHNOMPENH1871	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT AND NGOS BEGIN EFFORT TO FORM [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen opened a two-day meeting in Siem Riep September 26-27 by asking NGOs to draft legislation to create a national human rights commission in one year. Members of civil society, Cambodian lawmakers, government officials and foreign observers participated in [...]	2006-10-16 06:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1940	CAMBODIA: UPDATE ON PETROLEUM SECTOR [...] (U) Donor representatives met October 25 to review recent developments in efforts to help Cambodia learn to manage its oil revenue in a transparent manner that benefits the Cambodian people. A focus of the discussion was on public outreach to increase awareness of the revenue windfall that i [...]	2006-10-27 07:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON EINV CB
06PHNOMPENH1960	CAMBODIA REVIEWS DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS SINCE 1991 [...] (U) Summary. On October 21, the International Relations Institute organized a 15-year anniversary academic forum reviewing the successes and failures of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords and their implementation during the subsequent UNTAC period. Cambodian government officials dominated the li [...]	2006-10-30 10:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH2228	CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT AND JAPANESE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Meetings with the RGC Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF),the Japanese Embassy, and the IMF suggest that questions surrounding the relevant cut-off date for Cambodia's bilateral debt is creating misunderstandings and possibly preventing the Cambodian government from fina [...]	2006-12-27 09:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH428	CAMBODIAN PM DISMISSES TWO CO-MINISTERS; [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing the need for greater efficiency in Cambodia's bloated bureaucracy, Prime Minister Hun Sen removed two FUNCINPEC officials as co- ministers of Defense and Interior on March 2. (Since 1993, the PM's Cambodian People's Party and the Royalist FUNCNPEC party have shared co [...]	2006-03-03 11:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH519	FUNCINPEC LEADER LEAVES COUNTRY, MANY QUESTIONS [...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh left Phnom Penh for Paris on March 14, having appointed Prince Norodom Sirivudh, his half brother and the party's Secretary General, to act as the interim party leader in his SIPDIS absence. The Prince departed the country in the wak [...]	2006-03-17 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH585	CAMBODIA: FUNCINPEC'S ONGOING STRUGGLES [...] (C) Summary. Senior FUNCINPEC official Serey Kosal told us March 23 about the reasons for Ranariddh's resignation from the National Assembly presidency, the struggle within the party to designate candidates for government positions, CPP's role in undermining the royalists, and actions that [...]	2006-03-27 11:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH742	SCENESETTER FOR DAS ERIC JOHN'S APRIL 30-MAY 2 [...] (SBU) Your visit will come at a time when things are looking better for Cambodia than they have in a long time and at a time when Prime Minister Hun Sen and his party are feeling comfortable about their performance. The political environment has turned around dramatically, the economy is up [...]	2006-04-21 10:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CB
06PORTAUPRINCE1340	GOH CONSIDERS FORMING A GENDARMERIE [...] (SBU) Summary: On the eve of his visit to Paris June 29-30, President Preval publicly floated the idea of creating a Gendarmerie in Haiti, and reuested French assistance with this project. The GOH wants to create a new force that could assume some of the security functions currently performe [...]	2006-07-24 18:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS MOPS MASS HA FR
06PORTAUPRINCE93	HAITI: PMÂ´S RESPONSE TO DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE [...] (C) Charge dÂ´Affaires Griffiths and DAS Duddy raised reftel points with Prime Minister Latortue during a meeting on January 11. DAS Duddy expressed USG concern over former president DuvalierÂ´s application for a Haitian passport which would facilitate his return to Haiti. Duddy asked Latortue [...]	2006-01-12 21:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PRAGUE747	PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CZECH POLICY TOWARD IRAN, AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-01 10:12:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MNUC PGOV EUN EZ IR
06PRAGUE755	PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CZECH POLICY TOWARD IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: This is the final of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. The Czech Government is likely to remain solidly aligned with the USG on Iran. Czech mainstream parties whose platforms are supportive of USG positions vis-a-vis the Iranian nuclear issue will occupy 174 o [...]	2006-07-03 15:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MNUC PGOV EUN EZ IR
06PRAGUE807	CZECHS SUPPORT USG POSITION ON UNESCO PRINCIPLES [...] (U) Poloff met separately with the Czech MFA's UNESCO Desk Officer Karel Komarek and the Czech Ministry of Culture's General Director of International Relations (EU Affairs) Ales Grof, to discuss the draft UNESCO Principles Relating to Cultural Objects Displaced in Relation to the Second World [...]	2006-07-14 13:04:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UNESCO KNAR PHUM SCUL EZ
06PRETORIA2711	SOUTH AFRICA: TELECOM REGULATOR STRUGGLES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa's beleaguered telecommunications regulator, ICASA (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa),received a bit of good news when constitutional changes guaranteeing the regulator's independence were proposed to Parliament June 22. The Minister of Communic [...]	2006-07-03 14:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV ECON SF
06PRETORIA5017	SOUTH AFRICA TO PROVIDE MILITARY TRAINING IN CAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa plans to provide military training and technical assistance to the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR). Minister of Defense Lekota traveled to Bangui December 8 to discuss the possible military training program. A SANDF military team departed for CAR D [...]	2006-12-14 04:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CT SF
06PRETORIA636	UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) We understand from Director Rufus Mathebe of the Department of Arts and Culture and State Law Advisor Joann Schneeberger of the Department of Foreign Affiars that the Convention on Cultural Diversity must be approved by Cabinet before taken up by Parliament for ratification. Mathabe exp [...]	2006-02-14 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO SF
06PRETORIA675	SOUTH AFRICA: SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] Per reftel questions, Woutjek Skowronski, General Manager of Technology and Engineering and Dr. Tracy Cohen, Councilor, both with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA),provided the following responses. 2. Responsible Authority. The responsible authority for radi [...]	2006-02-16 12:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS SF
06PRETORIA960	SOUTH AFRICA: PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The United States and South Africa have made significant progress in implementing the June 10, 2005 Presidential Joint Statement. The two countries signed the ACOTA agreement in August 2005 to enhance South Africa's peacekeeping capacity, and training programs will begin this [...]	2006-03-08 13:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD MASS PHUM SF
06QUEBEC24	QUEBEC BUREAUCRATS UPBEAT ABOUT HARPER GOVERNMENT [...] (c) Summary: CG hosted a lunch for Quebec Ministry of International Relations (MRI) Deputy Minister Denis Bedard and other MRI officials February 22, one month following the election of Stephen Harper's Conservatives in Ottawa. Ministry officials were upbeat about the Tory victory, heralded b [...]	2006-02-23 22:20:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA ECON
06QUEBEC31	PM HARPER SUPPORTS QUEBEC ROLE ON INTERNATIONAL SCENE [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Harper and Quebec Premier Charest met in Quebec City March 8 and announced they are tasking their respective officials to work together to assure that "Quebec's unique voice" will be heard at UNESCO. PM Harper also said he would attend the Francophonie summit in Bucharest t [...]	2006-03-08 22:45:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV CA
06QUITO2705	ECUADOR 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Below is Embassy Quito's submission for the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report. A copy of the report has been provided to USTR's Michelle Carrillo via email. The report was a collaborative effort between State, the Commercial Service, the Foreign Agricultural Service, and AID. TRADE SUMM [...]	2006-11-08 17:20:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EC
06QUITO3033	FOUR NEW MINISTERS: CORREA TAPS POETS, [...] (C) Summary: On December 13 President-Elect Rafael Correa announced four new cabinet level ministers in a press conference on his way to visit Nestor Kirchner in Argentina: Maria Fernanda Espinosa will head the MFA; Raul Sagasti Lupera will be the new Industry Minister; Antonio Preciado will [...]	2006-12-14 21:23:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO3072	CORREA DEBT MANAGEMENT: ECUADORIAN OBSERVERS [...] (C) Summary. President-elect Correa and Economic Minister-designate Patino continue to talk about rescheduling Ecuador's external debt. However, former and current Ministry of Economy officials agree that Correa will be pragmatic and conclude that it is not in Ecuador's interest to default. [...]	2006-12-20 10:08:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KBIO PINR EC
06RABAT1087	WESTERN SAHARA: CORCAS SEEKS US MEDIATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a 90-minute meeting with Ambassador Riley on May 31, President of the Royal Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) Khalihenna Ould Er Rachid requested US help in starting a dialogue between CORCAS and the Polisario. Khalihenna said he had made informal contacts with the Pol [...]	2006-06-06 10:57:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT1111	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Moroccan economic think tank Centre Marocain de Conjoncture (CMC) is forecasting that the economy will grow by 7.1 percent in 2006, outpacing GOM forecasts of 5.4 percent. The CMC said strong farming output will be the driver behind the growth. The GOM had predicted 5.4 percent growth on th [...]	2006-06-09 07:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR KNNP SOCI MO
06RABAT1138	Western Sahara: Moroccan University Hosts Conference on [...] The Faculty of Law, Economy and Social Sciences at Hassan I University in Settat, two hours' drive from Rabat, organized on May 31 and June 1 a conference entitled "What Type of Autonomy for the Southern Provinces?" University President Mohamed Rahj opened the conference, noting that the eve [...]	2006-06-13 07:41:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PBTS PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT1266	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Moroccan trade with its Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) partners - Algeria, Libya, Mauritania and Tunisia - reached $686 million in 2005, nearly double the previous year but still only a fraction of Morocco's total trade. Moroccan imports from the AMU totaled $550 million, up from $330 million in 2 [...]	2006-06-29 17:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAIR EINV SOCI MO
06RABAT1373	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA/GSFC: DAVILA, [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Drs. Joseph Davila and Barbara Thompson from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Dr. Umran Inan from Stanford University to travel to Rabat, Morocco between July 26 and July 29, for the purpose of installing very low fr [...]	2006-07-20 12:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC MO OTRA SENV TSPA
06RABAT1677	DONOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN MOROCCO [...] (U) This is the third part of a three part series on international donor activities in Morocco. Part 1 (ref A) covered the World Bank while part 2 (ref B) discussed the European Union's Barcelona Process. 2. (U) Summary. A wide variety of international donor organizations are present in [...]	2006-09-08 17:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KMCA MO
06RABAT171	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Maroc Telecom's 2005 fourth quarter revenue was up 18 percent over the previous year to $574 million, mostly resulting from the strength of its mobile phone division. The company's mobile phone customer base grew 38 percent during 2005 to 8.8 million. An increase in ADSL internet lines to 24 [...]	2006-02-02 14:29:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPCS ENRG EAIR KFLU MO
06RABAT175	MOROCCAN PARTICIPATION AT MENA-OECD INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 07:56:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV MO
06RABAT1979	MOROCCAN ROAD SHOW ON WESTERN SAHARA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Immediately following intensive meetings in DC (October 11-13) to discuss the government of Morocco's (GOM) autonomy plans for the Western Sahara (reftels A, B),the delegation headed to various capitals. The delegation went to Paris, where they were met by President Jacques Chirac. [...]	2006-10-20 17:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO UN
06RABAT2134	DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ: FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor pursued the issue of Moroccan debt relief for Iraq in a November 16 meeting with Ambassador Mohammed Azeroual, Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Azarwal noted that the GOM has been in repeated contact with Iraqi officials o [...]	2006-11-17 13:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IZ MO
06RABAT2280	MOROCCO'S 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Morocco achieved significant reductions in cannabis production and cultivation, although it remains one of the world's major producers and exporters of cannabis. According to the Agency for the Promotion of Economic and Social Development of the Northern Prefectures and Provinces of the King [...]	2006-12-18 11:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV MO
06RABAT261	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised prices on some fuel products on Feb. 9 in a bid to relieve pressure high international oil prices are putting on the state's subsidy mechanism. Premium grade gasoline rose by 1.5 percent to $1.17 per liter and diesel fuel rose by 12 percent to $1.03 per [...]	2006-02-15 14:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ENRG KIPR SENV MO
06RABAT311	MOROCCO WILL DESIGNATE ALL U.S. AIRLINES UNDER [...] Post received diplomatic note number 0518 dated February 20, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accepting Ref A proposal for a blanket designation of all U.S. air carriers under the October 2001 Air Transport Agreement between the United States and Morocco. 2. Unofficial embassy t [...]	2006-02-23 12:44:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA MO
06RABAT39	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Government of Morocco poverty figures indicate that from 1999 to 2004 the number of Moroccans living below the poverty line - defined as a monthly household income of $187 for a family of 5.6 people living in an urban setting, or $194 for a family of 6.4 people living in a rural setting - has [...]	2006-01-09 17:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN SENV MO
06RABAT402	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Fishing, which employs nearly one in ten Moroccans, brought in nearly $400 million in 2005, a 12 percent increase over the previous year. The highest growth came from catches brought into the ports of Tan Tan in southern Morocco and Laayoune, in the Western Sahara. -------- Bull Run ---- [...]	2006-03-03 16:20:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIS EAIR EINV ECPS MO
06RABAT433	WESTERN SAHARA: DCM UNDERSCORES NEED FOR SERIOUS [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani, which also covered freedom of expression (Ref A),DCM underscored the need for Morocco to produce a serious, credible autonomy plan that could serve as the basis of negotiations with the Polisario as well as A [...]	2006-03-08 18:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT490	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Central bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri said March 14 that Morocco plans to move "in the medium-term" towards a more flexible exchange rate system. Jouahri said the country's increasing openness to trade warrants a transition to an as-yet-unspecified exchange regime, a move the IMF has c [...]	2006-03-20 14:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ECPS MO
06RABAT497	GOM PROPOSES HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION TO BRIEF [...] (C) Summary: Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri told Ambassador Riley March 20 that he and Moroccan Amb. to the UN (and until recently Interior Minister) Moustapha Sahel proposed to travel to Washington this week or early next to brief U.S. officials informally on King [...]	2006-03-20 19:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MO
06RABAT498	STAFFDEL PHELAN'S WESTERN SAHARA MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Phelan and EconCouns visited Laayoune, Western Sahara on March 18 as swarms of workers readied the city ) festooned with Moroccan flags -- for King Mohammed VI's imminent arrival. MINURSO officials briefed Phelan on the mission's activities, previewed the draft SYG re [...]	2006-03-21 08:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OREP MO
06RABAT50	REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) met with FM Benaissa for 90 minutes on January 4 at the MFA. Benaissa lauded US-Morocco relations and outlined many of the accomplishments of King Mohammed in the area of womens rights, equity and reconciliation, and press freedom. Benaissa was gloomy about Iraq, [...]	2006-01-10 17:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT539	WESTERN SAHARA: A TOUGH SPEECH CAPS A MOMENTOUS [...] (C) King Mohammed spent five days in the Western Sahara, March 20-25, his first visit to the disputed territory since March 2002. The timing of the visit, coming amidst a public consultation process on autonomy and private diplomacy by Moroccan Deputy FM Fassi Fihri with Paris and Washington, [...]	2006-03-27 19:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT557	SPANISH AMBASSADOR ON WESTERN SAHARA, MIGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch March 20, Spanish Ambassador Planas Puchades told Ambassador Riley that Spain continued to encourage Morocco to produce a credible autonomy plan for the Western Sahara. He dismissed alleged splits within the Polisario, suggesting the recently emerged faction "Line of Martyrs [...]	2006-03-29 14:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PREL SNAR
06RABAT558	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa the afternoon of March 28. Ambassador expressed appreciation for the strong relations between the USG and the ministry and encouraged the MOI to go forward with anti money laundering legislation as well as a letter of agreement [...]	2006-03-29 15:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT718	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ISTIQLAL PARTY LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met April 4 with Istiqlal party leader and Minister of State Abbas El Fassi at his residence over lunch. The Ambassador was accompanied by Polcouns, Poloff (notetaker),and PolLES, while El Fassi was joined by Istiqlal Upper House Caucus Leader an [...]	2006-04-20 10:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT722	WESTERN SAHARA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR CREDIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri for two hours the afternoon of April 17 to deliver points on the possible visit of Hamas SecGen Mishal (Refs A and B). Most of the meeting was consumed by a discussion on the Western Sahara, however, as Fassi Fihri recapped his re [...]	2006-04-20 11:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT729	SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: Morocco is engaging in a disingenuous process to delay movement toward a negotiated settlement of the Western Sahara conflict. Its domestic consultations on autonomy for the Western Sahara cannot be taken seriously, and have thus far excluded those who might offer differing p [...]	2006-04-20 18:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KPKO UNUS MO AG
06RABAT742	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] An EU-Morocco fisheries agreement signed in July 2005 has been delayed due to opposition from some EU governments about whether the deal should include fishing grounds off the disputed Western Sahara. Last year, after six years of talks, the GOM signed a $160 million, four-year deal that wou [...]	2006-04-21 15:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIS EWWT KFLU KHIV MO WS
06RABAT779	GOM SEEKS US SUPPORT IN BID FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post received the following diplomatic note and aide-memoire seeking US support for Morocco's candidacy to the Human Rights Council. As the aide-memoire is a comprehensive summary of how the GOM views its [...]	2006-04-26 16:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV MO
06RABAT786	INTERIOR MINISTER'S FIRST INTERVIEW OFFERS GLIMPSE [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Coming on the heels of his recent visit to France, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa provided April 19, 2006 the Moroccan French-language daily L'Economiste his first official interview since being appointed [...]	2006-04-27 11:00:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PTER MO
06RABAT880	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Economic and commercial issues dominated Chinese President Hu Jiantao's April 23-25 visit to Morocco - his first stop on a three country Africa tour following his trips to Washington and Riyadh. Responding to Moroccan fears of China's domination of manufactured exports, particularly the text [...]	2006-05-04 11:04:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EAGR KIPR KTEX MO
06RABAT961	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Overall GDP grew by 5.7 percent annually at the end of the first quarter of 2006, while non-agricultural GDP grew by four percent, a consistent figure over several quarters. A report by the Moroccan Government's High Planning Commission said GDP was helped by strong performance in constructio [...]	2006-05-18 13:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EAGR ELAB MO
06RANGOON1182	BURMA'S REPRESENTATIVES TO UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 08:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA BM
06RANGOON1208	ADDITIONS TO BURMA'S REPRESENTATIVES TO UNGA [...] The GOB sent us 2 additional names for their representation at the 61st UN General Assembly. They are: His Excellency U Kyi Thein, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Delhi Member Daw Myat Myat So, Director, Foreign Economic Relations Department, Ministry of National Plann [...]	2006-08-22 03:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA BM
06RANGOON345	SUSPECTED AI OUTBREAK AMONG BIRDS IN BURMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 12, GOB officials informed FAO and WHO officials of a suspected outbreak on March 8 of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a commercial poultry farm in Mandalay Division. Specimens collected by a joint-ministerial investigation team from Rangoon tested positive f [...]	2006-03-14 23:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO CASC KFLU BM
06REYKJAVIK97	MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 21-22, 2006: U.S. REMOVAL [...] Summary: March 21 press coverage of the U.S. decision to remove most assets from the base at Keflavik was punctuated by PM Asgrimsson's statement that the U.S. decision had created a "climate of distrust between the two countries." Coverage also focused on NATO SECGEN Scheffer's comments that [...]	2006-03-22 15:58:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06RIYADH1	PARDONED SAUDI DISSIDENT OUTLINES GRADUALIST [...] (C) Ali Al-Dumaini, one of the three reformers pardoned by King Abdullah in August, described himself and his colleagues as "reformers, not revolutionaries." Although in Al-Dumaini's view the Al Saud do not have a vision for reform, reformers are not seeking a new form of government but rath [...]	2006-01-02 05:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SA
06RIYADH123	DHAHRAN DIGEST 4 [...] (C) One of post's Shi'a contacts, Mohammad Alltaleb, who doesn't mince words and, if his stories are true, is equally brazen in his actions, says he recently applied to the local branch of the Ministry of Social Affairs to start a self-help organization, with the goal of seeking MEPI funding. [...]	2006-01-08 13:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG SCUL KWMN SA
06RIYADH1375	NO WOMEN AMONG SAG APPOINTEES TO EP CHAMBER OF [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced on March 1 its six appointees to the board of the Eastern Province (EP) Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EPCCI): Nasr Al-Hajry; Ghasan Al-Nimr (a Shi'a; also a member of the Ta'awun slate); Halal Al-Twerki (a cousin of Minister Naimi's chi [...]	2006-03-06 05:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KMPI SA
06RIYADH1377	SHI'A "INDEPENDENTS" DISCUSS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (C) A group of Shi'a independents again stressed to ConOffs their community's national identity, desire for reform in the Kingdom, and lack of political ties to Iran. They noted that the SAG is allowing the Shi'a community to build an active but small-scale and unofficial civil society, cente [...]	2006-03-06 06:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH1380	FEMALE SHI'A ACTIVIST: PRESSURE FOR REFORM MUST [...] (C) Summary: Aliya Al-Fareed (protect),longtime Shi'a political activist, discussed the state of reform in Saudi Arabia with PAO and PolOff in her home in Al-Safwa near Qatif. Al-Fareed was recently appointed to the National Society for Human Rights; she is the only woman among the five memb [...]	2006-03-06 11:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KIRF KWMN SA
06RIYADH1461	SHI'A ACTIVIST SAYS SHIRAZIS ARE MODERATING [...] (C) Shi'ite political activist Mohammed Al-Shoyoukh told PolOff that Saudi Hezbollah countenances only "peaceful" means to achieve its social and political goals. He said that the "Shirazis," who include the most politically active Shi'a such as Hassan Al-Saffar and Jafar Al-Shayeb, have been [...]	2006-03-08 08:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR SA
06RIYADH1706	SHI'A CIVIL SOCIETY, LOOKING TO THE STARS [...] (C) Summary: A meeting with the Qatif Astronomy Society on March 13th 2006 provided a snapshot of how civil society can operate in the Shi'a areas of Saudi Arabia. The Qatif Astronomy Society was begun locally with 12 founding members in February 2003, and has no license or official authoriza [...]	2006-03-15 13:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMPI KPAO KIRF SA
06RIYADH1741	SHI'A LEADER TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Jafar Al-Shayeb, President and elected member of Qatif's municipal council and one of five people appointed to the Dammam branch of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR),shared with CG and PolOff on March 15 his philosophy that "every positive initiative should be utilized." He d [...]	2006-03-18 11:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH175	CULTURAL AND SPORTS PROGRAMMING IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) Summary: Cultural and sports programming in Saudi Arabia can effectively support MPP objectives and USG interests. Cultural programming has been especially useful in providing access to the 'hard to reach' groups of women and youth, and in challenging negative stereotypes of the United Sta [...]	2006-01-16 10:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL SA
06RIYADH186	FEMALE CONSULATE STAFF PARTICIPATE IN EID CALLS [...] (C) For the first time in Consulate history, two female Mission staff members participated in most of the Consulate's calls over the recent Eid Al-Adha. Consulate staff traditionally call on the Emir of the Eastern Province (EP),the EP head of the Saudi Arabia National Guard (SANG),and a n [...]	2006-01-18 10:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL KWMN SA
06RIYADH1982	DHAHRAN DIGEST 5 [...] (SBU) During a recent lunch with PolOff, an appointed member of the Al-Ahsa municipal council who is also an American-educated professor of plant physiology fielded two phone calls from students. The first was from a female graduate student who needed help on some laboratory research she was [...]	2006-03-22 10:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PREL SA

06RIYADH2542	Avian Flu: Saudi Arabia Closing Small Poultry [...] (U) Summary: Meetings with the WHO representative, Ministry of Agriculture (MOA),and Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed that the SAG has established necessary preparations for avian flu, including action plans, an emergency "hotline" number, monitoring and testing sites for migratory birds, a [...]	2006-04-09 13:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR SA
06RIYADH2682	EP CORPORATE BANKER UPBEAT ABOUT IMPACT OF WTO [...] (SBU) Zaki Al-Yahya, Eastern Province-based Assistant General Manager in Samba's Corporate & Investment Banking Group, painted an upbeat picture about recent developments in the banking sector in a conversation with EconOff April 10. As a lender to many of the major EP businesses who serve as [...]	2006-04-12 08:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SA
06RIYADH275	ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON THE SHI'A "SHIRAZIS" [...] (C) Kamal Al-Khattee, son of a former Shi'a judge in Qaif, discussed with PolOff the evolution of the Shi'a faction known as the "Shirazis," who include Hassan Al-Saffar, Jafar Al-Shayeb, Tawfiq Al-Sayf, and others. According to Al-Khattee, they moved from Iran to Syria and elsewhere in the 1 [...]	2006-01-23 07:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH2793	POTENTIAL NEW REVENUE-SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] (C) In a conversation on April 13, two expatriate analysts at Saudi Aramco told PAO and EconOff that Aramco and the SAG were in the process of making a significant change to their revenue-sharing practices. In the past, they explained, Aramco had reserved from its revenue stream the amount n [...]	2006-04-17 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EFIN PGOV SA
06RIYADH2840	SAUDI SHI'A EXPRESS ANGER AT PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S [...] (U) In the week since President Mubarak remarked in an interview with Al-Arabiyya that Shi'a were "mostly loyal to Iran and not the countries they are living in," PolOff and PAO have asked many of post's Saudi Shi'a contacts about the Shi'a community's reaction. To a person, our contacts said [...]	2006-04-18 12:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH2893	GULF WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: CIVIL SOCIETY, SAUDI [...] (SBU) Summary: Jameyat Fatat al Khaleej is one of the oldest women's charitable societies in Saudi Arabia, and provides an example of a civil society organization welcomed by the government. Founded and run by women from the Eastern Province's most prominent business families, and with close [...]	2006-04-19 14:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KPAO KMPI SA
06RIYADH3147	ARAMCO VP THINKS KARAN GAS DISCOVERY WILL PROVE "A [...] (C) Summary: Yousef Rafie, Saudi Aramco's Senior VP for Gas Operations, expanded on press reports of Aramco's recent discovery of gas in the Karan field, saying that the exploratory well was drilled into the first layer of the deep Khuff formation and was producing dry gas. He estimated res [...]	2006-04-27 10:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL SA
06RIYADH3301	CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE EP: THE ICE IS SLOWLY [...] (C) Government influence and oversight pervade the Eastern Province's (EP's) older civil society organizations. The SAG provides part of their funding, appoints or approves board members, and regulates their by-laws. Yet the ice is slowly breaking. The government is beginning to relinquish [...]	2006-05-02 08:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KMPI KDEM SA
06RIYADH3306	HASAWI SHI'A DETAIL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations with PolOff in Al-Ahsa on April 25, two groups of Shi'a leaders and activists discussed discrimination and restrictions on their religious freedom, as well as steps they had taken to address some of these problems. Abdulaziz Al-Bahrany, the patient and [...]	2006-05-02 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH3312	THE SAUDI SHI'A: WHERE DO THEIR LOYALTIES LIE? [...] (S) Some Sunni Arab leaders, including Egypt's President Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah, have recently publicly questioned the loyalties of Arab Shi'a populations in the Middle East. Privately, senior Saudi officials raise similar concerns. Given the ongoing sectarian conflict in Iraq, [...]	2006-05-02 14:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS SA
06RIYADH3315	HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE: LIMITED [...] (C) Summary: Higher education in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia offers limited opportunities for students, particularly women and Shi'a. What is available is of questionable quality, suffering from centralized and religious control, poor student preparation, and difficulty in recruitin [...]	2006-05-02 15:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV KMPI KPAO KIRF KWMN SA
06RIYADH3346	BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY, ONE DISCUSSION AT A TIME [...] (C) Summary: In the past year, Consulate officers have observed increasing numbers of small civil society groups forming in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Also notable is that many of the groups have started to cooperate and interact with each other in pursuit of larger goals. As an [...]	2006-05-02 16:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV KPAO KMPI SA
06RIYADH3589	SHI'A CLERIC DISCUSSES SLOW BUT SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) In a meeting with PolOff on April 28, Shi'a cleric Faisal Al-Awami gave a broadly positive account of changes in Saudi Arabia over the past 10 to 15 years. Al-Awami, who, like many of his politically and religiously active Shi'a colleagues, studied in Iran and Syria starting in the early [...]	2006-05-10 08:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL KIRF SA
06RIYADH3673	QATIF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBER CONTINUES TO [...] (C) In a conversation with the CG on April 29, Isa Al-Muzel, an elected member of Qatif's municipal council, described his work at the council as "going well, but frustrating." He said that the biggest problem council members faced at the moment was rooting out institutionalized corruption i [...]	2006-05-14 12:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH3720	SAG DETAINS HARD-LINE SHI'A CLERIC RETURNING FROM [...] (C) Post contacts and the Saudi Shi'a-run Rasid News Network (www.rasid.org) report that the Saudi Mubahith detained Shi'a cleric Nimr Baqir Al-Nimr on the evening of May 11 as he was entering Saudi Arabia from Bahrain over the King Fahd Causeway. Al-Nimr is from Awamiya, a small oasis town [...]	2006-05-15 12:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH3889	DETAINED SHI'A CLERIC RELEASED; A SECOND [...] (C) The SAG released detained Shi'a cleric Nimr Al-Nimr in the evening of May 15, according to his brother Mohammed Al-Nimr. Al-Nimr had been in SAG custody since May 11 (ref A). A small delegation of family and others had met with the Eastern Province's vice governor, Prince Jiluwi, earlier [...]	2006-05-20 14:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SA
06RIYADH3974	BETWEEN OIL WELLS AND THE SEA: A POLITICIAN SHOWS [...] (SBU) "Over there you can see one of Aramco's wells," Nabih Al-Ibrahim, a Saudi Aramco engineer and an elected member of Qatif's municipal council, told PolOff and PAO, gesturing to his left as the group drove down the main access road into his home town of Awamiya off the Dhahran-Jubail high [...]	2006-05-22 10:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR SA
06RIYADH3978	SAUDI REFORMER DISCUSSES THE CREDIBILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: Long-time reformer Ahmed Al Mulla discussed the current state of Saudi reform with the Consul General on March 28th 2006. Linking the loss of credibility of Saudi sheikhs with their cooperation with the government, he noted a new sheikh whose message is clear-- the Middle East suf [...]	2006-05-22 12:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF SA
06RIYADH4180	DHAHRAN DIGEST 6 [...] (C/NF) In the course of a day trip to Jubail on May 28, the CG learned that Bechtel, which has the management contract for Jubail, has decided to allow families of its expatriate workers to return. As a result, there will be forty new American children joining school in Jubail in the fall. [...]	2006-05-29 13:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON EINV PHUM SA
06RIYADH42	AL-HASA SHI'A WELCOME U.S. INTERVENTION IN IRAQ, [...] (C) Members of the Shi'a community in Al-Hasa welcomed U.S. intervention in Iraq, saying an almost unqualified "thank you" during lunch with Acting CG and PolOff. Although noting some progress in the SAG's campaign against home-grown terrorism, they said that the government's campaign for to [...]	2006-01-03 11:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL SA KIFR
06RIYADH4539	EP SANG COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ [...] (C) Prince Mishari bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) in the Eastern Province (EP),told the CG on June 5 that he did not think the "problem between the world and Iran," as he described it, would come to war. The Iranians are "merchants," he [...]	2006-06-07 12:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS SA
06RIYADH4543	A POSSIBLE RETREAT ON SAUDIZATION? [...] (C) At a lunch hosted by senior EP businessman Yusuf Al-Dossary and his brothers, Al-Dossary told the CG that he expected an imminent but quietly implemented retreat on Saudization employment policies. Al-Dossary, a member of the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EPCCI) board, [...]	2006-06-07 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON EINV SA
06RIYADH4627	COORDINATED MOVES: FOUR BROTHERS PLAY LOCAL EP [...] (C) Summary: At a lunch with Consulate staff on June 6, Yousef, Khalifa, Khalid, and Mohammed Al-Dossary, brothers with a variety of business interests and political activities (ref A),described several aspects of the Eastern Province (EP) political situation. Yousef said that EP Emir Princ [...]	2006-06-11 06:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SA
06RIYADH4723	SHI'A CLERIC ASKS U.S. TO EXERT MORE INFLUENCE [...] (C) Sheikh Mohammed Hassan, introduced by a post contact as a leading Saudi follower of Karbala-based Ayatollah Mohammed Taqi Al-Mudarassi, told PolOff in a June 11 meeting that the U.S. should play a more active role in calling for reform in Saudi Arabia. "All reform in the Kingdom is taking [...]	2006-06-13 08:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA
06RIYADH4724	A LOVE FEST: THE "KING OF HEARTS" VISITS THE EP [...] (U) King Abdullah visited the Eastern Province (EP) June 10-12, provoking great public displays of adoration and allegiance and some private questioning about his commitment to reform. The King's agenda included a ceremonial opening of planned industrial city Jubail-II, launching of numerous [...]	2006-06-13 09:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SA
06RIYADH4914	SAUDI HEZBOLLAH FIGURE OFFERS A SLIGHTLY TOUGHER [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with PolOff and PolFSN, Ahmed Al-Nimr (Ahmed),brother and office manager of Shi'a cleric Sheikh Hassan Al-Nimr (Hassan),explained that Hassan would not meet with American diplomats because "he would lose the respect of people on the street, who would ask why he met w [...]	2006-06-19 12:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SA
06RIYADH4997	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ACCEPTS FORMAL ROLE ON HUMAN [...] (C) Ibrahim Al-Mugaiteeb, President of the unregistered Human Rights First Society, told the CG on June 17 that he had accepted a formal role with the government-affiliated Human Rights Commission (HRC) run by Dr. Turki Al-Sudairy. Al-Mugaiteeb said that Al-Sudairy had offered him a position [...]	2006-06-21 04:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH5036	QATIF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBER ADVOCATES PATIENTLY [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with PolOff, Dr. Riyadh Al-Mustafa, an elected member of Qatif's municipal council, detailed his and the council's efforts to improve Qatif's services and infrastructure. Al-Mustafa, whose constituency is the town of Qatif itself, said that the council's first priori [...]	2006-06-23 08:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH5083	INTERNET JOURNALISM CHANGING PERSPECTIVES AMONG EP [...] (C) Hussein Al-Alak, a Qatif-based journalist for online Rasid News Network (www.rasid.org; the premier Internet forum for Saudi Shi'a),discussed with PolOff and PAO on June 20 the growing influence of Internet journalism among the Shi'a. Because the government has permitted much greater fre [...]	2006-06-25 08:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SA
06RIYADH5111	TRIBAL LEADER PLAYS POLITICS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE [...] (C) In a June 21 meeting with Consulate Dhahran and Embassy Manama PolOffs, Essa Al-Dossary, self-styled deputy sheikh of the Al-Dossary tribe in the Eastern Province (EP) and the Kingdom of Bahrain, described to PolOffs the nature of his influence on both sides of the causeway. Al-Dossary e [...]	2006-06-26 12:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA BA
06RIYADH5173	A TALE OF TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS: THE DIVERGING [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the SAG announced its appointees to the municipal councils (reftel),the experiences of the Greater Dammam Municipal Council (GDMC) and the Qatif Municipal Council (QMC) illustrate two diverging paths in this experiment in partially elected local government. Th [...]	2006-06-30 07:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SA
06RIYADH5314	DHAHRAN DIGEST 7 [...] (SBU) Dr. Abdullah Al-Kadi, director of Al Bir, the largest charitable organization in the Eastern Province (EP),estimated to the CG that there were 3.7 million residents in the EP, of whom 20 percent (740,000) were expatriates. Al-Kadi, a U.S.-trained architect and urban planner, has constr [...]	2006-07-05 05:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET SOCI PINR PGOV SA
06RIYADH5315	DISCUSSION GROUPS GROW, CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPS [...] (C) Summary: Shi'a journalist Merza Al Khuwaildi discussed the range of new discussion groups in Saudi Arabia, in a June 28 meeting with the Consul General. Considered the vanguard of civil society in Saudi Arabia, these home-based, informal, grass-roots groups have enjoyed more freedom over [...]	2006-07-05 06:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF SA
06RIYADH5316	SETBACKS FOR SAUDI BUSINESSWOMEN IN THE EP [...] (C) Summary: Director of the Businesswomen's Committee at the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hana Al-Zuhair recounted recent setbacks for businesswomen. In a meeting on June 27 2006, Al-Zuhair told the PAO about a mixed-gender meeting held at the Chamber in April, to discuss [...]	2006-07-05 06:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KPAO SA
06RIYADH5451	HASAWI SHI'A CONTINUE ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN RIYADH [...] (C) In separate meetings with PolOff and PAO on July 8, Hasawi Shi'a activists Sadeq Al-Ramadan and Mohammed Al-Jubran discussed Shi'a advocacy efforts with the SAG. Al-Ramadan mentioned that he was part of a small delegation that visited the Vice Minister of Information and several other min [...]	2006-07-10 08:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF SA
06RIYADH5513	SHI'A TRADITIONALIST LAMENTS SHIRAZI ASCENDANCY IN [...] (C) Kamal Al-Khatti, a Riyadh-based social researcher formerly employed by Prince Abdulaziz bin Fahd and son of Qatif's late and revered Judge Abdulhamid Al-Khatti, told the CG and ConOffs that the Shirazis (ref A) now dominated Qatif and the Saudi Shi'a community politically, but that a laten [...]	2006-07-11 11:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH5548	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY TREASURY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Jeddah July 23. Ambassador Oberwetter and Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller look forward to meeting you and will accompany you on a number of your calls on Saudi leaders. Per your request, appointments are being requested in Jedd [...]	2006-07-12 09:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH5709	SAUDI SHI'A REACT TO CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) Based on Internet postings and conversations with contacts since the confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel erupted last Wednesday, Saudi Shi'a are unanimous in condemning Israel's response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of the two Israeli soldiers, and most Saudi Shi'a seem supportive of Hezb [...]	2006-07-18 11:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH5904	TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY IN THE EP: [...] (C) Opportunities abound in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province (EP) for ConGen Dhahran to expand its work with EP residents to help them transform Saudi Arabia's future. Since September 11, EP residents have claimed, and the SAG has tolerated, much greater latitude to discuss the country's and p [...]	2006-07-25 08:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM SA
06RIYADH5907	CROWN PRINCE SIGNS TWO DEFENSE AGREEMENTS IN [...] (C) Crown Prince Sultan, who is also the Saudi Minister of Defense and Aviation, reportedly signed two defense agreements with France during his July 20 visit to Paris. Media reports have suggested that these agreements could lead to Saudi purchase of French tanker aircraft, helicopters, and [...]	2006-07-25 12:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS BEXP SA
06RIYADH6	SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FREE TO TRAVEL, [...] (C) Summary: Ibrahim Mugaiteeb, President of the Saudi NGO, "Human Rights First" (HRF),informed poloff that the SAG had returned his Saudi passport, and will allow him to travel to Germany to receive medical attention. Mugaiteeb also stated that he had met with the chairman of the National [...]	2006-01-02 11:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH6103	RIYADH RECORD: JULY 21-29 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi mood, as reflected in critical statements issued by clerics and appearing on internet chat sites, is becoming increasingly anti-U.S. Debate abounds among religious scholars who continue to raise the issue of Shi'a versus Sunni and the question of whether Saudis should support [...]	2006-08-01 15:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6737	RIYADH RECORD: AUGUST 5-11, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: One hundred seventy Muslim scholars, including 29 Saudis, called for unity in the Islamic Nation and condemned the Israeli 'aggression' in Lebanon and Palestine. Saudi opposition activity continues to stir in the Diaspora with a revitalization of the London-based Movement for Is [...]	2006-08-26 08:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6925	RADIO SILENCE FROM NEW SAUDI OPPOSITION GROUP IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Several media outlets reported a statement on August 7 issued by Prince Talal Muhammad Al-Rasheed, a deposed royal and Saudi dissident residing in Paris, which announced the formation of the Saudi Democratic Opposition Front. The group, which is reportedly both secular and triba [...]	2006-08-30 10:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH8	SHI'A JUDGE IN AL-HASA SEEKS GREATER RESOURCES [...] (SBU) Acting CG and PolOff paid an introductory call on Sheikh Mohammad Al-Luwaimi, President of the Shi'ite Endowments and Inheritance Court in Al-Hasa, on December 28. Al-Luwaimi is the only judge in the only Shi'ite court serving the Shi'a population of Al-Hasa, a governorate in the Easter [...]	2006-01-02 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL SA
06RIYADH82	AL-HASA BUSINESSMEN SEEKING GREATER INVESTMENT, [...] (SBU) Businessmen in Al-Hasa, a governorate in the Eastern Province (EP) that comprises a large oasis and extensive, oil-rich desert areas, told Acting CG and PolOff repeatedly over the course of a day-long visit on December 27 that Al-Hasa needs new investment, especially in infrastructure. [...]	2006-01-04 15:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV SA
06RIYADH8788	FOLLOW-UP ON DEMARCHES [...] (C) On November 6, Deputy Political Counselor (DPC) delivered reftels (A, B, C, D) demarches and talking points to Saudi MFA, International Organization Affairs, UNGA Issues, Mr. Talal Berri. The issues raised were: the UNGA Third Committee (Iran, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Burma, and North Kore [...]	2006-11-07 13:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL MOPS PINR PTER USUN
06RIYADH8808	UPDATE ON HADI AL-MUTIF [...] (S) PolOffs met on November 6 with Human Rights First Society (HRFS) President Ibrahim Al-Mugaiteeb to discuss the October 31 and November 1 visit of King Abdullah to Najran and his pardon of Ismaili prisoners, ostensibly including Hadi Al-Mutif. Al-Mugaiteeb said that Al-Mutif has not been [...]	2006-11-08 14:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KISL KIRF SA
06RIYADH8900	A SAUDI'S VIEWS ON THE U.S. AND RULE OF LAW IN KSA [...] (S) Echoing several other commentators and analyses, Saudi commercial lawyer and diplomat Dr. Waleed Nasser Al-Nuwaiser (strictly protect) told PolOff on November 8 that the heart of most problems in Saudi Arabia is the absence of rule of law. He stressed that the USG should emphasize the n [...]	2006-11-21 07:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KISL EPET SA IZ
06RIYADH9085	DHAHRAN DIGEST 8 [...] (U) This cable is a continuation of a regular series of updates from the Eastern Province (EP) designed to capture some of the EP's local color and items of USG interest that are not necessarily appropriate for a topical cable. ---------------------------------------- PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN FA [...]	2006-12-15 09:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET KIRF PA PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH9134	SAG ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] On December 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Talal Berri of the SAG MFA International Organizations Directorate. On December 18, PolOff hand-delivered and faxed reftel non-paper to the MFA. Mr. Berri could not state whether the SAG would support maintaining the UN Scale of Assess [...]	2006-12-20 13:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC PREL UNGA SA
06ROME1006	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: On March 28, USMISSION UN ROME met with FAO Animal Production and Health (AGA) and Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation (TCE) Divisions staff to discuss Azerbaijan; global Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) expert needs; personal protective equipment (PPE) needs in the West [...]	2006-04-04 07:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO
06ROME1090	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] USMISSION UN ROME staff covered the USDA/Washington April 3-6 meetings with FAO on providing U.S. experts for FAO's global efforts to combat Avian Influenza. A separate reporting cable will be issued. During some free periods this week, USMISSION UN ROME held brief discussions with FAO Anim [...]	2006-04-11 07:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME1149	AVIAN INFLUENZA: U.S. ASSISTANCE TO THE FAO/OIE [...] Summary: A USDA administrative team from FAS and APHIS visited FAO HQ in Rome April 3-6 to survey FAO resource needs and determine how best to provide personnel resources to assist with HPAI emergency response efforts. FAO is moving forward with plans to establish a Crisis Management Center [...]	2006-04-14 09:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME1303	MILANO-MANHATTAN/EUROFLY: GOI HAS NOT AUTHORIZED, [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 1, Eurofly representatives told Rome TSA attache the company will start flying an all-business-class service between Milan-Linate and New York-JFK May 8, though an official at Italian aviation regulator ENAC said the agency has yet to approve the plan. Unless instructed [...]	2006-05-02 16:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR IT
06ROME1585	GOI INQUIRY REGARDING ITALIAN SATELLITE LAUNCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy requests Department assistance to follow up on several pending export license requests for U.S.-origin components for the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) AGILE scientific satellite mission, which ASI would like to launch from India in October. The Min [...]	2006-05-24 11:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC TSPA KFPC ETRD IT IN
06ROME163	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON TURKEY AND THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JANUARY 13, USMISSION UN ROME STAFF MET WITH JOSEPH DOMENECH, FAO CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER, AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT SITUATION IN TURKEY AND NEEDS THERE. ALSO DISCUSSED WAS THE OUTLOOK FOR ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA. FOR TURKEY, DOMENECH STATE [...]	2006-01-18 11:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO TU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME1662	AUSTRALIA GROUP: ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN PLENARY [...] (S) A/EcMin delivered reftel talking points to Carlo Tripepi, MFA DAS-equivalent official responsible for Australia Group (AG) issues. Tripepi said that he will attend the Australia Group Plenary in Paris, and that the Italian delegation will come prepared to "speak, hear, and discuss." Tr [...]	2006-06-05 13:52:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AG IR IT
06ROME1892	U/S LEVEY'S ROME MEETINGS, JUNE 21 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (S/NF) U/S Levey, during his June 21 Rome visit, met with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Justice (MOJ),Finance (MOF),and Interior (MOI),and held a press conference. Dis [...]	2006-06-28 07:01:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER IT IR
06ROME2076	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLE [...] Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Cole. Please find below background information to serve as a scenesetter for visit. 2. U.S.-Italy relations traditionally have been strong regardless of the party in power. The Center Left's April 9-10 election victory should not significant [...]	2006-07-21 09:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME2257	ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA [...] (U) Summary. Italy and Russia are major trading partners, with the bulk of trade comprised of natural gas exports from Russia to Italy. While the GOI has expressed concern over Italy's dependence on Russian natural gas, Italy has not yet aggressively pursued alternative sources of energy. [...]	2006-08-10 15:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD RU IT
06ROME2279	BUDGET 2007 ITALY: TIGHTWIRE ACT BEGINS WITH RELEASE OF [...] Summary: The public release of Italy's four-year financial plan, the DPEF, officially opens Italy's 2007 budget process. Prime Minister Prodi's coalition will formally present its draft 2007 budget by end-September. Parliament must approve the final budget by the end of December. To avoid [...]	2006-08-11 15:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT
06ROME2335	LEBANON: ITALY READY TO HELP WITH TROOPS, BRIDGE [...] (S) Italy is prepared to deploy up to 1,000 troops quickly to UNIFIL and up to 3,000 overall. The Foreign Minister told NEA A/S Welch the cabinet unanimously approved Italy's participation in UNIFIL during its August 18 meeting. Italy is persuaded, based on its own high-level consultations wi [...]	2006-08-18 17:34:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PHUM IS LE IT
06ROME2588	TERRORISM FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POSTS' NOMINATION [...] (S/NF) Post does not have any nominations for the second tranche of the Radical Ideologue Initiative at this time (ref A). However, we will continue to remain alert to individuals and groups which would be appropriate under this initiative. 2. (S/NF) Econoff spoke September 6 with Crist [...]	2006-09-14 08:08:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER FR IT
06ROME263	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Summary. Italy continues to court foreign investors by actively seeking to implement the 2003 legal reforms designed to lift the Italian economy out of its malaise. In 2003 Italy successfully reformed its civil code and made important modifications to its Unified Rules on Financial Intermed [...]	2006-01-30 08:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV IT OPIC USTR
06ROME28	ITALY'S BUDGET: SQUEEZED BY ELECTION-YEAR SPENDING [...] On December 22, Parliament approved the 2006 budget which includes euro 27.5 billion in spending cuts and new revenue measures to shrink the deficit/GDP ratio to 3.8 percent (Italy's EU ceiling for 2006). Italy's budget process faced the double pressure of EU deficit ceilings, and front-loaded [...]	2006-01-04 17:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
06ROME3046	IRAQ: NO CURRENT ITALIAN PLANS TO FORGIVE [...] (C) Summary: Government of Italy officials informed Emboffs that the GOI was not developing any plans to forgive the remaining 20 percent of debt that Iraq owes to Italy. A Ministry of Finance official explained this was due largely to legal constraints. Additionally, the MoF official exp [...]	2006-11-08 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN IZ IT
06ROME3047	IRAQ: NO CURRENT ITALIAN PLANS TO FORGIVE [...] (C) Summary: Government of Italy officials informed Emboffs that the GOI was not developing any plans to forgive the remaining 20 percent of debt that Iraq owes to Italy. A Ministry of Finance official explained this was due largely to legal constraints. Additionally, the MoF official exp [...]	2006-11-08 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN IZ IT
06ROME3214	ABRAMS ENGAGES ITALIANS ON MEPP, IRAN AND [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams November 27 engaged senior MFA officials, members of the Prime Minister's Office and (on background) journalists from Italy's leading dailies on Syria/Lebanon, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) and Iran. On Syria and Lebanon, he noted th [...]	2006-12-01 12:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XF IR LE UNAUS EUN IT
06ROME3279	D'ALEMA MAXIMUS [...] (C/NF) Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema is emerging as the most prominent and dynamic member of the Prodi Government. Barely six months into his tenure at the MFA, he appears intent on leaving his imprint on Italian foreign policy, the Italian Government, and on Italy itself. On forei [...]	2006-12-12 16:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IT
06ROME384	ITALY,S PARLIAMENT PASSES "SARBANES-OXLEY". [...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...]	2006-02-09 11:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
06ROME428	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON NIGERIA [...] From February 8-10, USMISSION UN Rome staff met with Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. 2. In these discussions, Lubroth reported the following: -- Two children are suspected of having contracted the virus. A WHO assessment arrives [...]	2006-02-13 12:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME430	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON NIGERIA [...] From February 8-10, USMISSION UN Rome staff met with Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. 2. In these discussions, Lubroth reported the following: -- Two children are suspected of having contracted the virus. A WHO assessment team ar [...]	2006-02-13 12:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME435	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ITALY, IRAQ, [...] Based on communications today between USMISSION UN Rome staff and Dr. Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, FAO will conduct a press conference on February 14 at 10:30 a.m. The message that will be relayed will include the following: 2. On the Government of Italy's efforts: -- FAO [...]	2006-02-13 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME449	Italy's Parliament Passes "Sarbanes-Oxley". [...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...]	2006-02-14 15:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN
06ROME464	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO PRESS CONFERENCE PROVIDES [...] On February 14, FAO held a press conference to provide a global update on Avian Influenza. Areas highlighted were Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Europe in general (with a primary focus on Italy),and future preparations for Latin America/Caribbean. Samuel Jutzi, Director of FAO's Animal Product [...]	2006-02-15 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME471	AMBASSADOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH: ITALY'S [...] Italy has proven to be the best U.S. ally in continental Europe in this young millennium. Unfortunately, since 2000, Italy's economy has grown at an anemic annual rate of only 0.75 percent. To promote economic dynamism in Italy that will produce the resources for Italy to continue to join th [...]	2006-02-16 10:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN
06ROME583	ITALY'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN DECLINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In view of Italy's extraordinary 27.6% cut in 2006 foreign assistance from 2005 levels, DCM called on Guiseppe Deodato, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General for Development, recently to hear his views and ensure continued good cooperation on development assistance. [...]	2006-02-24 15:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IT IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
06ROME626	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO DISCUSSIONS ON INCIDENT [...] Summary: In discussions over the past week, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth and Senior Operations Officer Cristina Amaral updated us on FAO activities to combat Avian Influenza (AI). FAO senior management is acting to remove management constraints by: a) instituting a special wai [...]	2006-03-01 16:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO BG BM CB EG ID KE LA ML NI VM FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME678	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: In an effort to keep all USG agencies in Washington and in the field informed on FAO activities to combat and control Avian Influenza (AI),USMISSION UN ROME has instituted this new weekly reporting cable. FAO Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) and Animal Produc [...]	2006-03-03 16:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME699	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: FRANCESCO OLIVIERI, WTO [...] (U) In January, the Italian Government appointed Francesco Olivieri as Special Adviser on WTO issues to Deputy Productive Activities Minister (Foreign Trade Minister) Adolfo Urso. Olivieri had been Ambassador to the Italian Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [...]	2006-03-07 09:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL PGOV IT
06ROME766	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: During three days of high-level and technical level discussions with FAO on March 7-9, a consensus was reached that a more robust global response was needed, with FAO, in coordination with OIE, as the global coordinator. FAO hosted the series of meetings relating to improving emerge [...]	2006-03-10 17:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME860	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 16, USMISSION UN ROME staff met with various members of FAO's Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) and Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) for an update on Avian Influenza (AI) operations worldwide as well specific country programs. Much of t [...]	2006-03-17 16:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME87	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ANIMAL SITUATION IN [...] Summary. Responding to alarming media reports on the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) outbreaks in Turkey, on January 9, USMISSION UN Rome asked Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer (SVO),to share with us FAO's assessment of the situation in Turkey and ongoing work to control [...]	2006-01-10 16:04:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO TU FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME925	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: Three FAO documents were shared with USMISSIN UN ROME this week: -- Following meetings earlier this month with several donors, FAO and OIE (the World Organization for Animal Health) released on March 17 the jointly prepared proposal to strengthen response to Highly Pathogenic Avia [...]	2006-03-24 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME943	ITALY: TAKEOVERS SHAKE-UP BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) The December 2005 resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Antonio Fazio, and the appointment of reformist Mario Draghi, has raised expectations that a wave of bank mergers will sweep Italy in 2006. French bank BNP-Paribas made the first move, taking over Banca Nazionale del Lavoro [...]	2006-03-28 09:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS
06SANAA1788	YEMEN 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States Government is aware of two ongoing claims of United States persons against the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG). The following information is keyed to reftel instructions. ------------------------- Claim 1: Property Dispute ------------------------- a. Claimant A [...]	2006-06-19 09:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CASC KIDE EINV ECON YM
06SANAA2136	YEMEN LNG ON FAST TRACK WITH SUPPORT FROM SALEH; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 22 meeting with Econoff, Karim Abuhamad of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) said that construction was underway on the LNG pipeline and that the project was back on schedule. The company is close to an agreement with the ROYG on resolving legal ownership of ga [...]	2006-07-26 12:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
06SANAA843	LNG STEAMS AHEAD; INVESTORS WONDER IF YEMEN IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The biggest investment deal in Yemen's history is becoming reality. On March 6, Ambassador met Joel Fort, General Manager of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) to discuss the status of the project. YLNG is currently finishing preparatory work for the pipeline and liquef [...]	2006-03-26 07:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
06SANAA916	POST SUPPORTS OPIC INVESTMENT IN YLNG [...] SUMMARY: In this cable, Post provides comments on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation,s (OPIC) support for the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas (YLNG) project, as requested in Ref A. YLNG is crucial for Yemen's economy, with considerable benefits for American companies. The ROYG has gener [...]	2006-04-03 09:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV EPET ECON YM
06SANJOSE327	CRIME STATISTICS FOR COSTA RICA: 2005 [...] Per referenced crime statistics provided by the Judicial Police (OIJ),RSO is providing a comparison for major crime categories to the 2004 crime statistics for Costa Rica: 2005 Change from 2004 Theft of Vehicles 5403 cases 18.2% Assaults (Robbery) 7500 cases [...]	2006-02-10 19:40:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KCRM
06SANSALVADOR197	EL SALVADOR: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's 2006 Investment Climate Statement. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ 2. The Government of El Salvador views foreign investment as crucial for economic growth and development and has taken numerous steps in recent [...]	2006-01-25 21:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN KTDB ES OPIC USTR
06SANTIAGO387	CHILE: NO RECENT ACTION ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON [...] Per ref A, EconOff spoke with Jose Miguel Concha, Multilateral Affairs Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Chile's approach to the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions. Concha confirmed that the Government of Chile (GOC) supported the Convention during the October 2005 meeting in Par [...]	2006-02-22 22:50:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL CI UNESCO
06SANTODOMINGO862	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #18 - FERNANDEZ'S [...] Following is #18 in our series on the second year of the presidency of Leonel Fernandez. Fernandez Independence Day Speech Trumpets Accomplishments - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In a vigorously optimistic Independence Day speech before a joint session of Con [...]	2006-03-09 20:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV DR
06SAOPAULO1030	EUROPE: HUNGARY, PROTESTS AGAINST PRIME MINISTER; WESTERN [...] "Western Europe Nations Become Nightmare For the EU" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent remarks (9/22): "Violence has erupted in Budapest against socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany.... But there is another and much more important victim of such demonstrations: the [...]	2006-09-22 13:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1083	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EDUCATION, U.S. STUDIES IN SAO PAULO [...] During his September 26-28 visit to Sao Paulo, Ambassador Sobel held several meetings devoted to cooperation on education. At a lunch hosted by the Consul General with senior representatives of several major Sao Paulo universities, the Ambassador heard various views on Brazilian higher educati [...]	2006-10-11 14:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXP SCUL KPAO PGOV ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1280	MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA: LIBYA, BULGARIAN NURSES [...] "Two Hypotheses For Qaddafi's Obstinacy" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge opined (12/20): "All experts reject that the five defendants have committed such a monstrous crime.... We believe that the accusation that they have inoculated the AIDS virus in the [...]	2006-12-20 12:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO400	PSDB OFFICIAL EYES UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (U) Poloff and Political Assistant met April 7 with Sao Paulo Municipal Secretary of Government Aloysio Nunes Ferreira to discuss the local and national political scene following Mayor Jose Serra's resignation to run for Governor of Sao Paulo state (ref A). Nunes, who is close to Serra, was sa [...]	2006-04-13 10:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
06SAOPAULO652	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI'S DEATH; SAO [...] "The Terrorist's End Does Not Resolve, But Helps" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge commented (6/9): "Finally, good news came from Iraq: Zarqawi was killed.... Morally, the butcher's death can only be saluted with relief. Zarqawi had a relevant role in the [...]	2006-06-09 12:20:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO688	MEDIA REACTION: US-EU SUMMIT IN VIENNA; NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR [...] "Summit Defrosts US-EU relations, But Only Between Governments" Center-right o Estado de S. Paulo Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge opined (6/21): "Irritation between the US and Europe seems to be diminishing. They are now far away from the bad feelings that in 2003, at the beginning of the w [...]	2006-06-21 13:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR

06SAOPAULO741	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: MEXICAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] "Fires That The US Dreamed Of Extinguishing Are Multiplying" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge underscored (7/7): "The war in Iraq has proved to all unruly, rebelling or messianic nations that they will never be safe from the US's wrath. The only way to preve [...]	2006-07-07 12:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SEOUL1396	SOUTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM: STATUS [...] This year marks the 50th anniversary of U.S.-Korea cooperation in the field of civilian nuclear energy, begun with the signing in 1956 of the bilateral Agreement for Cooperation on Civil Uses of Nuclear Energy. This fact will be commemorated during the 27th meeting of the Joint Standing Comm [...]	2006-04-26 08:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG KNNP KSCA SENV KS
06SEOUL182	ROK STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITION ON IRAN'S [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche urging support for efforts to refer Iran to the Security Council for its violation of its commitments under the Paris Agreement, ROK officials expressed strong support for efforts to bring Iran back into compliance with its IAEA obligations during January 13 m [...]	2006-01-13 09:17:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC KS
06SEOUL509	ROK FOREIGN MINISTER THROWS HAT INTO UNSYG RING [...] (C) On February 14, the ROK formally announced Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon's candidacy for UN Secretary General. Ban, who has been actively campaigning for several weeks, has apparently been encouraged by initial reactions to his candidacy. MOFAT DG Kim Won-soo, who was recently tapped to be [...]	2006-02-14 08:42:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KS
06SEOUL688	Korea's Finance Ministry Floats a Mini-"Big Bang" [...] Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy (MOFE) has launched an impressive new raft of regulatory reform measures in the early months of 2006. According to ministry plans, regulations governing financial services will be cut drastically, with barriers separating traditional business domains e [...]	2006-03-03 11:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PREL KS
06SEOUL889	KOREAN TAX REFORMS DRAW FIRE, PASSAGE UNCERTAIN [...] (SBU) The Korean government introduced ambitious income tax reform legislation in February, proposing to raise certain value-added and excise taxes and tighten individual income tax loopholes favoring the wealthy and self-employed. But the proposals have run up against significant criticism fr [...]	2006-03-20 06:55:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV KS
06SHANGHAI7085	INNOVATION REQUIRED FOR CHINA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Bureau of Statistics and the U.S.-based Conference Board hosted a national forum on Innovation and China Economic Growth October 20- 22 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. During the conference, PRC officials from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPP [...]	2006-11-27 08:18:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CH WTO
06SINGAPORE197	SINGAPORE - 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Post submits below the draft text of the 2006 Singapore Investment Climate Statement (ICS). As requested reftel, we have also forwarded the document via email to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. Begin text of 2006 Investment Climate Statement: Investment Policy Summary 3. Foreign investments, combi [...]	2006-01-24 06:41:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06SINGAPORE3442	SINGAPORE - 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES [...] Per reftel instructions, post submits its draft chapter on Singapore for the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume that Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first three paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Per reftel instructions, [...]	2006-10-27 11:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KIPR ECPS SN
06SINGAPORE630	SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2006 TIP REPORT: [...] This is the first of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2006 TIP submission. Due to the length of our submission, we have split it into three cables. Part I covers the overview of Singapore's trafficking problem and prevention efforts. The Embassy point of contact for this report i [...]	2006-03-01 09:20:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
06SOFIA1481	BULGARIA FAVORS RUSSIAN BID TO BUILD BELENE NPP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador Oct. 19, Energy/Economy Minister Rumen Ovcharov confirmed press reports that Bulgaria has decided in favor of the Russian/European consortium for construction of a new nuclear plant at Belene. Ovcharov acknowledged a link between the Belene decis [...]	2006-10-24 12:18:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL RU GR BU
06SOFIA1518	BULGARIA NAMES POPULAR, PRO-U.S. MINISTER AS EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government on October 26 nominated European Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva to serve as Bulgaria's first EU Commissioner. EC President Jose Manuel Barroso welcomed the nomination and assigned Kuneva the consumer protection portfolio. One of Bulgaria's most respected politica [...]	2006-11-02 13:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EUN BU
06SOFIA1562	BULGARIA NEGOTIATING WITH IRAQ ON DEBT RELIEF [...] (C) Ambassador Beyrle delivered talking points in reftel to Minister of Finance Plamen Oresharski on November 14, stressing the need for Bulgaria to reach an agreement that will allow Iraq to get its fiscal house in order. Although we have lobbied for Bulgaria to adopt a Paris Club-like agree [...]	2006-11-15 08:29:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ BU
06SOFIA1652	BULGARIAN BANKS GENERALLY HEALTHY, BUT A FEW BAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian banking sector is in its strongest position since the banking crisis of 1996. Thanks to stricter legislation, sound bank oversight and management, and an influx of large, stable foreign banks, most Bulgarian banks are prospering legitimately. Two skunks are circling [...]	2006-12-11 12:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV BU
06SOFIA1667	BULGARIANS READY TO EXTEND ASHRAF MISSION AFTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin visited Iraq on December 12-13, meeting senior Iraqi officials and sending early Christmas greetings to Bulgarian troops at Camp Ashraf. FM Kalfin described a worrying security situation, but stated that [...]	2006-12-15 09:33:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ BG
06SOFIA259	Smuggling of Bulgarians through Mexico [...] Bulgaria is a transit point for illegal migration and alien smuggling as well as a source country for illegal migration to the United States. A common smuggling scheme remains for Bulgarians to obtain Mexican visas, travel to Mexico as tourists and from there cross illegally into the U.S. T [...]	2006-02-21 14:56:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD ASEC BU
06SOFIA304	BULGARIA: 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the sixth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of transit and origin, and to a lesser extent a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen enhanced cooperation betwee [...]	2006-03-01 14:52:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ASEC ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD BU
06SOFIA83	BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-20 08:08:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	BU EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
06SOFIA90	BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT. [...] Bulgaria - 2006 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has a liberal foreign investment regime and attracting foreign investment, especially American, is one of the new administration's top priorities. The government is focused on developing promising s [...]	2006-01-23 10:13:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
06STATE111144	RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] (U) This is an action request for all posts. All posts are requested to deliver the points in para 2 below giving USG reaction to North Korea's July 4-5 launch of multiple ballistic missiles, including a Taepo Dong-2 intercontinental-range ballistic missile. All posts are also requested to pro [...]	2006-07-06 02:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN PARM KNNP
06STATE114035	MISSION FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMERICAN PRESENCE [...] (SBU) American Presence Posts (APP),active in France since 1999, play a key role in this mission's transformational diplomacy efforts. The concept is replicable in other countries, but Missions need to remain flexible as they adapt the APP concept to local conditions. Key factors to consi [...]	2006-07-12 02:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ADIP AMGT ASEC BEXP CASC SCUL FR
06STATE146965	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Request Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper on "Missile Useful Chemicals that are not MTCR-controlled" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contac [...]	2006-09-06 20:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK DA
06STATE160274	PARIS SHORTAGE OF HOTEL ROOMS FROM SEPTEMBER 15 TO OCTOBER 31, 2006 [...] POST REQUESTS FOLLOWING TEXT BE TRANSMITTED AS ALDAC BEGIN QUOTE - Â [...]	2006-09-25 22:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KEMS ACOA AMGT
06STATE170109	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): 2006 [...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the press statement issued at the conclusion of the October 2006 Copenhagen MTCR Plenary. Addressee posts may share this statement with interested parties as appropriate. Further information on the results of the Plenary will be forthcoming via septels. [...]	2006-10-10 21:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PREL PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC
06STATE196224	HIGHLIGHTING THE U.S. ROLE IN THE UN CORRUPTION CONVENTION [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paras 7 and 9 for action. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (U) On November 29, 2006, the United States became a party to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). The Department issued a Media Note to that effect on the sa [...]	2006-12-07 00:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIIP KCOR KPAO KTIA UN
06STATE197205	INSTRUCTIONS: CO-SPONSORING UNSCR 1701 PRST [...] (U) USUN is authorized to join France and the UK in sponsoring the draft PRST in para 2 below, reacting to the Secretary General's letter on UNSC resolution 1701 SIPDIS implementation. USUN should report outcome of negotiations to Department and seek Department guidance regarding the fin [...]	2006-12-08 23:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC IS LE
06STATE40904	DISCOURAGING MORATINOS' SYRIAN STRATEGY [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 5. 2. (C) Summary: Spanish FM Moratinos' unannounced March 7 trip to Damascus to meet with Syrian FM Muallim is at variance with US and EU policy on avoiding high-level visits to Damascus. This policy gives concrete form to the international isolation of th [...]	2006-03-14 15:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP SY LE IS FR UN
06STATE77109	SPAIN-U.S. AFRICA CONSULTATIONS [...] PLEASE DELIVER THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FOREIGN MINISTER MORATINOS. THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT PLAN TO RELEASE THE TEXT OF THE MESSAGE BUT HAS NO OBJECTION IF THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN WISHES TO DO SO. THERE WILL BE NO SIGNED ORIGINAL. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Dear Miguel: Thank [...]	2006-05-12 16:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OTRA SP AU
06STOCKHOLM1924	IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN CALLS ON AMBASSADOR WOOD [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Ambassador to Sweden, Ahmad Bamarni, visited Ambassador Wood and DCM on December 11 and provided a frank reaction to the Baker/Hamilton report, personal views on the interests of Iran and Syria in Iraq, comments on the sectarian violence, the role of U.S. forces, and the [...]	2006-12-11 14:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SW
06SUVA490	PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM 2006: A/S HILL UNDERSCORES [...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill emphatically reaffirmed U.S. commitments and interests in the Pacific at the 2006 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit in Nadi, Fiji. In a new PIF-Leaders "special session" for the United States, Hill countered a suggestion that the U.S. has disengaged [...]	2006-11-13 15:26:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL EAID ECIN ETRD FJ XV
06TAIPEI1432	Visit to Taiwan by Senior Advisor for Agricultural [...] Summary: Madelyn Spirnak, the State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology, visited Taipei from March 29 - April 1, 2006. She discussed U.S. agricultural biotechnology policy with a wide range of officials. It became clear that Taiwan authorities do not have a long term stra [...]	2006-04-25 07:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON SENV OTRA ETRD TW KPAO OIIP TBIO
06TAIPEI4104	KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU ON DEFENSE BUDGET, [...] (C) Summary. KMT Chaiman Ma Ying-jeou told the Director that the 2007 defense budget is moving toward legislative approval in the near future, though he was non-committal on a possible supplemental budget next Spring for PAC-III missiles. Ma was very cautious in discussing the status of KMT [...]	2006-12-12 22:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR TW
06TEGUCIGALPA139	HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENQL [...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. There were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities on November 27, 2005; Congress will b [...]	2006-01-24 01:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS HO
06TEGUCIGALPA743	HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DAS WHA MADISON, VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. On November 27, 2005, there were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities; a new (and ov [...]	2006-04-21 17:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ECIN MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS
06TELAVIV1017	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 12:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV102	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-09 13:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1042	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 12:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1059	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] The Jericho Operation 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jericho Operation: *Israel Radio this morning quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying that the US has never been responsible for the Jericho prison security. S [...]	2006-03-16 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1075	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1101	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] National Security Strategy of the United States 2. Mideast 3. Bird Flu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banners in Maariv and The Jerusalem Post) reported that on Sunday, Palestinian PM-designate Ismail Haniyeh presented t [...]	2006-03-20 12:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1114	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio quoted President Bush as saying on Monday: "I see a threat in Iran. The threat is, of course, their stated objective to destroy our strong ally Israel. I've mad [...]	2006-03-21 07:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1115	CHIEF RABBI PROPOSES PRESIDENT BUSH CONVENE [...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger proposed to the Ambassador March 16 that President Bush convene a forum of world religious leaders to promote peace and establish principles of mutual respect and tolerance among religions. He also called for the creation of a standing body o [...]	2006-03-21 08:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1145	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iraq 2. US-Israel Relations 3. Mideast --------------- Election polls: --------------- Channel 10-TV and Ha'aretz published the results of a survey conducted by Prof. Camil Fuchs of the Amanet Group's Dialogue Institute: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom w [...]	2006-03-22 12:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1160	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program --------------- Election polls: --------------- A Yediot/Mina Zemach (Dahaf Institute) poll held on Wednesday shows that the Labor Party and Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu are getting stronger and that Kadima and the Likud are weakening: -"We [...]	2006-03-23 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1178	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations --------------- Election polls: --------------- A Yediot/Mina Zemach (Dahaf Institute) poll held this week: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom would you vote?" (Results in Knesset seats -- in brackets, results of last week's poll. [...]	2006-03-24 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1191	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations --------------- Election polls: --------------- A Yediot/Mina Zemach (Dahaf Institute) poll held on Sunday: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom would you vote?" (Results in Knesset seats -- in brackets, results of Yediot's poll pub [...]	2006-03-27 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV12	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Security Fence ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on missiles fired last night by IAF helicopter at a car carrying three senior activists in Islamic Jihad's military wing, causing their death. Among the three casualties was Said [...]	2006-01-03 11:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1216	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast 3. Iraq 4. Europe: Anti-Americanism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch and Deputy US National Secur [...]	2006-03-29 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1236	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1261	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media bannered the killing of four Israelis in a suicide bombing last night in the West Bank. A Palestinian who was apparently disguised as an ultra- Orthodox Jew hitchhiked a r [...]	2006-03-31 10:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1295	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that on Sunday, the Central Elections Committee announced it was correcting a mistake in the Knesset elections results, taking one Knesset seat from the Labor Party [...]	2006-04-03 12:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1318	FM LIVNI SEEKS NEW MECHANISM FOR DELIVERING AID TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni asked NEA A/S David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 for USG help in formulating a new mechanism to deliver aid directly to the Palestinian people; without this mechanism, she said, other donors might "take their own decisions" and use a de [...]	2006-04-04 04:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PGOV PHUM PREL PREF EAID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1331	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to highlight Acting PM Ehud Olmert's efforts to form a government coalition. Yediot and Israel Radio quoted Olmert as saying Monday that it can be assume [...]	2006-04-04 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV136	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited a statement issued Monday by Jerusalem's Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, that PM Sharon, while still in serious but stable condition, began to bre [...]	2006-01-10 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1362	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1376	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations 3. Trial of Former Liberian President Charles Taylor ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that today, President Moshe Katsav invited Acting PM Ehud Olmert today to form a gover [...]	2006-04-06 12:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1392	MFA STILL HAS RESERVATIONS ON CUSTOMS PROTOCOL; [...] (C) Summary: During an April 5 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Director General Ron Prosor said that the GOI recognizes it is essential of keeping Karni open and only close the crossing when there is a specific threat. The Ambassador said a customs protocol is in Israel,s interest because t [...]	2006-04-06 16:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON KWBG KPAL ASEC EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1393	GOI PUSHES FOR RESUMPTION OF POULTRY EXPORTS TO [...] (U) This message contains an action request: Please see paragraph eight. 2. (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on April 4, the Directors General of the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor and the Ministry of Agriculture requested the expeditious resumption of poultry exports t [...]	2006-04-07 03:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1402	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported on seemingly moderate gestures and pronouncements from Hamas vis-a- vis Israel. Ha'aretz reported that Hamas has been sending go-between [...]	2006-04-07 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1426	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 11:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1460	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. Aftermath of Italian Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement in Mashhad on Tuesday that Iran has successfully enriched ura [...]	2006-04-12 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1473	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited President Bush's Passover message, which was issued on Wednesday and centered on the notion of freedom. Major media repor [...]	2006-04-14 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1488	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. Jonathan Pollard ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in The Jerusalem Post) reported that new satellite imagery released on Sunday by the Institute for Science and Imagery, a Washi [...]	2006-04-17 11:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV149	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to highlight PM Sharon's physical condition. The Jerusalem Post and Yediot quoted Dr. Yoram Weiss, one of his anesthesiologists, as saying in a briefi [...]	2006-01-11 12:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1511	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 10:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1533	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that FM Tzipi Livni, who successfully proposed revoking the Jerusalem residency of the Hamas legislators, persuaded a governmental foru [...]	2006-04-20 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1575	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon 4. Jonathan Pollard ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted Senator Joseph Lieberman, the former Democratic vice presidential candidate and a serving member of the Senate Armed Servi [...]	2006-04-21 11:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1593	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Yediot reported that on May 21, Ehud Olmert will pay his first visit to the United States as prime minister and will meet with President Bush. The newspaper sa [...]	2006-04-24 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1611	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered the triple explosion that took place last night in the Sinai resort town of Dahab. Up to 30 people were reported killed and more than 100 wounded. Israel Radio quoted E [...]	2006-04-25 12:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1632	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Sinai Bombings 2. Mideast 3. Mordecai Vanunu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz quoted senior US administration officials in Washington as saying in unofficial conversations that the US will not recognize a [...]	2006-04-26 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1648	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Interim PM Ehud Olmert will meet with President Bush on May 23. Israel Radio reported that this morning, two members of Islamic Jihad [...]	2006-04-27 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1669	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch as saying that Hamas might have found ways to circumvent the boycott imposed on fund transfers to the [...]	2006-04-28 11:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1692	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Yediot reported that James Wolfensohn, the special Quartet envoy, has decided to discontinue his service after 11 months, and not to extend his term, which is due to expire at t [...]	2006-05-01 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1700	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Israel's 58th Independence Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on events related to the Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars, and Israel's 58th Independence Day, which will be celebra [...]	2006-05-02 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1745	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 12:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV177	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported that the U.S. administration intends to invite Acting PM Ehud Olmert to Washington before the elections in Israel. The radio reported t [...]	2006-01-12 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1782	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Warren Buffett's Israeli Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The acquisition by US tycoon Warren Buffett, who is the world's second-wealthiest man, of 80 percent of Galilee- based Iscar Metalworking for USD 4 billion, which h [...]	2006-05-08 12:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1819	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying Tuesday, at an international convention of mayors taking place in Jerusalem, that Israel will wait for six months to see whether the [...]	2006-05-10 12:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1854	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 11:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1871	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1887	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Israel and the US are beginning discussions of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's convergence plan this week. The newspaper wrote that the working assumption a [...]	2006-05-15 11:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1913	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Libya 3. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a statement issued Monday by the White House Press Secretary: "President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel to the White House on May [...]	2006-05-16 11:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV194	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-13 12:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1943	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that PM Ehud Olmert has decided to tone down his stance on the convergence plan, which Ha'aretz said may be related to staunch opposition worldwide [...]	2006-05-18 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1963	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Visit of PM Olmert to Washington 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz reported that on Thursday, the US published a draft of a new international treaty that would forbid the production of fissionab [...]	2006-05-19 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1982	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CONVEYS ISRAELI BANKING [...] (S) Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer and his antiterrorism finance team told Treasury U/S Stuart Levey and the Ambassador on May 2 that Israeli banks want to end their relationships with Palestinian banks due to fears of being accused of involvement with terror finance. They said that [...]	2006-05-19 17:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1995	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 13:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2017	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Former Republic of Yugoslavia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted comments made by President Bush at his joint White House press conference with PM Ehud Olmert on Tuesday: "Today, Prime Minister [...]	2006-05-24 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2056	GOI STILL UNSURE ABOUT TRANSFER OF MONEY FOR [...] (C) The GOI has not yet decided how to effect the transfer of NIS 50 million for humanitarian medical aid to the Palestinians from the PA customs revenue it is holding. Officials claim to fear that the transfer, done outside the aegis of the Paris Protocol, would not be recognized as legitima [...]	2006-05-26 07:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KWBG KPAL ETRD IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV2072	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Hizbullah-IDF Clashes 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Israel Radio reported that last night, for the first time since the disengagement, the IDF made an incursion into the Beit Lahiya area of the northern Gaza Stri [...]	2006-05-30 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2087	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that associates of PM Ehud Olmert are speaking of a "split realignment." The newspaper wrote that one of the options that Olmert is considerin [...]	2006-05-31 13:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2112	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that the US is willing to enter multilateral direct talks with Iran, if Tehran agrees to halt its nuclea [...]	2006-06-01 12:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2140	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Anti-Semitism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying Sunday, at a news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh, that he will meet PA Chairman [Pr [...]	2006-06-05 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2157	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that FM Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Amir Peretz will meet today with Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David SIPDI [...]	2006-06-06 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2220	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Al-Zarqawi Assassination 2. Iran 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Yediot) reported that last night in the southern Gaza Strip, Jamal Abu Samhadana, the commander of the [...]	2006-06-09 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2239	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 12:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2272	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Somalia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that at 10 Downing Street on Monday, British PM Tony Blair refrained from endorsing PM Ehud Olmert's plan for a unilateral withdrawal, although he recognized that t [...]	2006-06-13 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV2307	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported on President Bush's surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday. Maariv cited a Pew poll held in various European and Muslim countries, according to which Fr [...]	2006-06-14 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2339	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying in Paris Wednesday that realignment is unstoppable. The Jerusalem Post wrote that Olmert left his meeting with French President Jacques Chira [...]	2006-06-15 13:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV236	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the IDF is taking steps to restore law and order in Hebron, following rioting by Jews against security forces in the city Friday through Sunday [...]	2006-01-20 05:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT

06TELAVIV237	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-20 05:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2400	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2493	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] MIDEAST 2. ISRAEL-ICRC RELATIONS ------------------------- KEY STORIES IN THE MEDIA: ------------------------- ALL MEDIA REPORTED THAT PM EHUD OLMERT AND PA CHAIRMAN [PRESIDENT] MAHMOUD ABBAS AGREED IN PETRA, JORDAN, ON THURSDAY TO MEET FORMALLY IN A FEW WEEKS. (A YEDIOT HEADLINE [...]	2006-06-23 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2676	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2714	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. North Korea ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli diplomatic officials expressed concern Thursday that the world's reaction to the IDF incursion into northern Gaza, considered relatively mil [...]	2006-07-07 13:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2750	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 12:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2757	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All TV and radio stations broke out with the escalating situation on the Israeli northern border. According to reports, Hizbullah has kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. The Hizbullah attack be [...]	2006-07-12 15:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2781	ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN ON EXPORT CONTROL REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD DG Jacob ("Kobi") Toren told the Ambassador July 11 that the GOI's new Export Controls Division took over the processing of new export licensing requests this month. Toren also explained that the government hoped to formally submit the Defense Export Control Act to the Knes [...]	2006-07-13 17:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC PINS IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2789	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 12:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV289	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported (banners in all newspapers, except Maariv) the suicide bombing that took place near Tel Aviv's old central bus station on Thursday afternoon. Around 30 [...]	2006-01-20 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2901	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-26 12:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV293	IRAN: CONGRESSMAN ACKERMAN'S JANUARY 5 MEETING AT [...] (C) In his January 5 discussion with Congressman Gary Ackerman on Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Deputy Director General Ariel Levite said: -- U.S.-Israel relations will remain high on any Israeli leader's agenda; -- Israel is anxious about Iran's nuclear a [...]	2006-01-20 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2961	ZELIKOW AND GILAD DISCUSS TRAITS OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: MG (RES) AMOS GILAD, ISRAELI MOD ADVISOR FOR POLITICAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS, TOLD COUNSELOR ZELIKOW 29 JUL 06 THAT INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST BE EMPOWERED TO ENFORCE CEASEFIRE AS NECESSARY, TO DEPLOY FROM BLUE LINE NORTH TO NAHR AL LITANI, IF NOT NAHR AL AWALLI, AND TO TRAIN THE LEBANESE [...]	2006-07-30 17:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE
06TELAVIV2964	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 07:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV2996	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel-Hizbullah Conflict 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media led with an IDF commando raid on a hospital in the Hizbullah stronghold of Baalbek, in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley. Leading media reported that the commando [...]	2006-08-02 10:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV3031	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 12:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV3048	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-04 12:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV305	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today, all major media led with stories related to Wednesday's scheduled elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ha'aretz quoted GOI sources in Jerusalem as sa [...]	2006-01-23 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV313	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned Palestinian voters ahead of Wednesday's elections for the [...]	2006-01-24 15:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3317	OLMERT TELLS CODEL SPECTER IT WILL BE "AMERICA'S [...] (C) Israeli Prime Minister Olmert stressed to U.S Senator Arlen Specter August 20 that the robust international force called for in UNSCR 1701 is an American concept and that the United States would bear responsibility should it fail to materialize and fighting resume between Israel and Hizballah. [...]	2006-08-21 16:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS LE SY IS KPAL KWBG
06TELAVIV344	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC),which are scheduled to take place today. Banners in Maariv and Hatzofe: "Fatah or Hamas [...]	2006-01-25 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV362	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV379	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4021	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying Wednesday in Washington, in an address to the American Task Force on Palestine: "I know the commitment of the Palestinian p [...]	2006-10-12 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4037	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that a total of 8 or 9 Palestinians, including two children, were killed Thursday in two IDF operations in the Gaza Strip. Five Qassam rockets landed [...]	2006-10-13 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4047	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, The Jerusalem Post reported that Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter will leave on Sunday for an official visit to the US, during which he will meet with top law enforcement o [...]	2006-10-16 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV407	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4086	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a speech at the opening of the Knesset's winter session, PM Ehud Olmert said that the "Lebanon campaign" underlined the threat a nuclear Iran would pose for the " [...]	2006-10-17 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4162	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. PM Olmert Visit to Russia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz headlined that the US and Israel see eye to eye regarding the Syrian option and are both against opening a separate Israel-Syrian track. This tendency comes a [...]	2006-10-20 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4247	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Internal political issues continued to dominate the Hebrew language newspapers. All media estimated that Defense Minister Amir Peretz will inform Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tha [...]	2006-10-25 09:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4262	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US Israel Relations 3. UNIFIL in Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported estimations of military sources indicating the Defense Minister Peretz does not intend to evacuate whole settlements. According to t [...]	2006-10-26 09:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4281	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ----------- Summary: -------- Independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "Peretz relinquished the last remnants of his influence over diplomatic-security affairs when he agreed to place the sensitive matter of strategic threats in the hands of the least appropriate perso [...]	2006-10-27 10:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4306	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US Israeli Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the police will begin an initial examination to determine whether to open a criminal investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on his role i [...]	2006-10-30 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4330	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the Bush administration is making efforts to train the Presidential Guard of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in order to prepare it for a potential violent [...]	2006-10-31 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4354	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Yediot reported that that US Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Wednesday after visiting Egypt. According to the paper Negroponte's visit has [...]	2006-11-01 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4368	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to continue military pressure on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but not to expand the operation. However, [...]	2006-11-02 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4375	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to continue military pressure on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but not to expand the operation. However, [...]	2006-11-03 05:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4387	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Israeli Relations 2. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Leading media reported that US top envoys Elliot Abrams and David Welsh met Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday. According to the media the two envoys demanded that Israel [...]	2006-11-03 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4473	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Midterm Elections 2. Beit Hanun Attack 3. Mideast 4. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Please note: block quotes only, Thursday, November 9, 2006. ----------------------------- Â [...]	2006-11-09 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV448	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and UNSC member Germany decided to transfer [...]	2006-01-31 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4486	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Midterm Elections 2. Beit Hanun Attack 3. Mideast 4. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Please note: block quotes only, Thursday, November 9, 2006. ----------------------------- Â [...]	2006-11-13 09:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4491	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minster Olmert Visit to the US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began his visit to Washington on Sunday. Israel Radio reported that PM Olmert had met Secretary of State Cond [...]	2006-11-13 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV45	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health: 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon is fighting for his life after suffering a significant stroke with massive bleeding in his brain last night. He was rushed from [...]	2006-01-05 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4508	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in Ha'aretz) reported that President Bush, speaking after a meeting at that White House with PM Ehud Olmert, called Monday for the world to unite in [...]	2006-11-14 11:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4521	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying last night in Los Angeles that the moment of truth has arrived regarding Iran's nuclear program. Olmert was quoted as saying that "no longer ca [...]	2006-11-15 10:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4534	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered the killing of a Muslim Israeli woman married to a Jewish man and the serious wounding of two men -- one of them a bodyguard for Defense Minister Amir Per [...]	2006-11-16 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV464	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-NATO Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that last night, President Bush devoted most of his State of the Union Address to the global war on terror and the Iraq issue. Giving an account of [...]	2006-02-01 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4649	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 10:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4662	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4679	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4699	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on, and Ha'aretz (English Ed.) led with, praise lavished on Thursday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on PM Ehud Olmert for his address on Monday at a memorial ev [...]	2006-12-01 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4713	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Lebanon 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Sunday the diplomatic-security cabinet adopted PM Ehud Olmert's view that the cease-fire must be reinforced. Ha'aretz cited the cabinet's decision that the [...]	2006-12-04 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
06TELAVIV4736	ISRAEL'S OPPOSITION TO SPAIN'S MIDDLE EAST PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Israel is strongly opposed to the Middle East peace initiative proposed by Spanish PM Zapatero. Israeli FM Livni bluntly informed Moratinos of this position on November 16 and urged him to put the initiative aside or at least to discuss it with the GOI before proceeding f [...]	2006-12-05 15:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV EUN SP IS
06TELAVIV4752	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iraq Study Group Report 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) cited the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group (a.k.a. Baker-Hamilton committee),which were made public at the US Senate on Wednesday. [...]	2006-12-07 10:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
06TELAVIV486	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV506	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that early next week, FM Tzipi Livni will leave for a visit to the U.S. In its lead story, Maariv reported that [...]	2006-02-03 12:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV535	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Tzipi Livni, who leaves for the U.S. today, will meet with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State [...]	2006-02-06 12:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV558	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-India Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Citing recent comments by President Bush and Acting PM Ehud Olmert, Ha'aretz wrote that it has been mutually agreed that the U.S. will provid [...]	2006-02-07 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV567	SHALOM CALLS A STRONG HAMAS SHOWING A WIN FOR [...] (C) Summary: During discussions January 10 with Senator Barack Obama, then FM Silvan Shalom said he predicted that Hamas would win a significant number of votes in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council elections. He said that a strong showing by Hamas will show moderate Palestinians [...]	2006-02-07 16:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG OREP KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
06TELAVIV576	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 11:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV58	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-06 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV604	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV623	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President Putin's Announcement 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media headlined Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to Hamas leaders to visit Russia. Putin was quoted as saying that Russia never considered Hamas a [...]	2006-02-10 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV642	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV662	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV678	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV693	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV700	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is expected to present to Acting PM Ehud Olmert today recommendations formulated by the defense establishment [...]	2006-02-17 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV716	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 09:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV751	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Israel's representative to the UN Danny Gillerman as warning at the UN Security Council Tuesday that an Iran-Syria-Hamas "terror ax [...]	2006-02-22 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV763	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with tension between Israel and Jordan following an utterance by O/C Central Command Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh during a closed meeting on Wednesday with diplomats and journalists, [...]	2006-02-23 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV785	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice's "Transformational Diplomacy" Plan 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that A/S David Welch will visit Israel during the weekend and meet with Acting PM Ehud Olme [...]	2006-02-24 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV806	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV810	GOI MAPPING OUT CRITICAL HUMANITARIAN PA PROJECTS [...] (C) Foreign Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister Shalom Tourgeman told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble February 23 that, without causing a humanitarian crisis, the GOI seeks to limit assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to show Hamas that adherence to its current positions comes at a price. [...]	2006-02-27 12:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KWBG KPAL ECON IS EG HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV814	ISRAEL WANTS TO PREVENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN PA [...] (C) Ministry of Finance DG Yossi Bachar emphasized in a February 23 meeting with NEA DAS Dibble that the GOI is torn between the imperative of not dealing with a Hamas-led PA government on the one hand and doing everything possible to not harm the Palestinian population on the other. He said [...]	2006-02-27 13:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL IS KWBG KPAL GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV851	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Global War on Terror 2. Mideast 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media -- lead story in Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) -- cited a report put out by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which found that Iran i [...]	2006-02-28 11:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV869	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 11:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV881	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Ha'aretz led with developments on the political scene. The media reported that Likud Party Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu's proposal to have the party's central committee hold pri [...]	2006-03-02 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV886	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. UAE Role in US Port Management ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that A/S David Welch told members of Congress in Washington that the US is interested in isolating Hamas econom [...]	2006-03-03 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV903	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The concept of a new disengagement from the West Bank was headlined in the weekend's media. On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Acting PM Ehud Olmert is planning to enlist in [...]	2006-03-06 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV930	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Palestinians -- senior Islamic Jihad commander Munir Abu Sukker and another militant of the group, two children, and another bystander -- were [...]	2006-03-07 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV937	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US/India Civilian Nuclear Accord ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banners in Ha'aretz and Maariv) quoted Acting PM Ehud Olmert as saying Tuesday that Israel will invest no money in construction in the territories in [...]	2006-03-08 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV960	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Sudan: Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Acting PM Ehud Olmert was quoted as saying Wednesday in an interview with The Jerusalem Post that Israel's permanent borders will be set within the ne [...]	2006-03-09 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV981	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The lead stories in all three major Hebrew-language newspapers focus on interviews with Acting PM Ehud Olmert. (The Jerusalem Post also conducted an interview with him.) [...]	2006-03-10 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV997	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Acting PM Ehud Olmert briefed the US administration last week on the main thrust of his political plan before he delivered it to the loca [...]	2006-03-13 12:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06THEHAGUE1003	Draft Dutch Law Allows Takeover Protection, May [...] (U) SUMMARY With only two weeks to go before the deadline to implement the EU takeover directive, several large corporate takeover attempts have kindled political interest in defensive measures across Europe. Draft legislation to implement the directive in the Netherlands limits the use of [...]	2006-05-04 15:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV NL
06THEHAGUE1004	Dutch Opposition Leader Draws Flak for Economic [...] Summary: Opposition leader Wouter Bos used a May 1 speech and an appearance before a major social welfare conference April 28 to outline his proposals for reforming the Dutch welfare state. Social democrat Bos's ideas, which generally carry forward the structural reforms (increasing labor ma [...]	2006-05-04 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB NL
06THEHAGUE126	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE NETHERLANDS [...] The following transmits the draft 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with Chapter VI in the FY 2006 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has been forwarded by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA to the attention of J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Pa [...]	2006-01-19 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB NL OPIC USTR
06THEHAGUE1391	DUTCH ON PROPOSED NYSE-EURONEXT MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch government does not oppose, in principle, the proposed merger between the Amsterdam- based Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE),but shares industry concerns regarding the potential application of U.S. regulations to Euronext-listed companies. Dutch law [...]	2006-06-22 11:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV NL
06THEHAGUE1431	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In preparation for Executive Council 46 and beyond, del continued to work with other delegations to build support for the U.S. extension request draft decision. After initial discussions with allies, del offered general points on the elements of the extension request, and the fact that th [...]	2006-06-27 12:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1714	DUTCH ECONOMY: GOING STRONG IN LEAD UP TO ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY. The Dutch economy is running ahead of eurozone averages for the first time in seven years, and the ruling coalition government is hoping this will translate into votes in the upcoming November elections. A draft 2007 budget to be presented in September will contain new tax breaks d [...]	2006-08-07 05:58:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB NL
06THEHAGUE1726	DUTCH CONCERNS OVER NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The proposed NYSE/Euronext merger has raised concern among Dutch politicians, regulators, and investors about how national rules would apply or could be evaded across borders under such an arrangement. The Dutch Finance Ministry, which has the legal authority to approve or bl [...]	2006-08-08 10:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL
06THEHAGUE1864	NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER: DUTCH SAY SHAREHOLDERS CAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The Dutch Finance Ministry has publicly confirmed its position that shareholders should decide on the proposed NYSE/Euronext merger, once regulatory concerns have been addressed. The Ministry is awaiting findings from a taskforce of regulators and may seek further high-level [...]	2006-08-25 12:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL
06THEHAGUE2048	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Budget consultations were held on September 12 and 14. The consultations covered the International Cooperation and Assistance Division (ICA),the Secretariat for the Policy Making Organs (PMO),the External Relations Division (ERD),and the Executive Management (EM) sections of the budget [...]	2006-09-20 06:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2164	DUTCH 2007 BUDGET: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Netherlands' center-right governing coalition has presented a draft 2007 budget that includes a surplus for the first time in five years, new tax breaks, and increased spending on national security. Unveiled just two months before parliamentary elections on November 22, [...]	2006-10-03 13:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE2275	DUTCH COULD BLOCK NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Concerns about the proposed NYSE/Euronext legal corporate structure could lead the Dutch Finance Ministry to block the announced merger if these issues are not addressed. Finance Minister Zalm will raise these concerns with visiting NYSE CEO Thain next week, and his ministry [...]	2006-10-19 13:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL
06THEHAGUE2424	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ -- DUTCH DO NOT [...] (U) Econoff delivered on November 8 reftel points concerning further debt relief for the International Compact with Iraq to Hans de Voogd, responsible for bilateral debt relief, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Nicole Bollen, Head of the Dutch Paris Club Delegation, Ministry of Finance. [...]	2006-11-08 16:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ ECON EFIN NL
06THEHAGUE257	DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 6 February, there has been no violence in the Netherlands in response to the controversial cartoons, though daily newspaper "De Volkskrant" received a bomb threat for having reprinted the Danish cartoons. The Prime Minister emphasized the primacy of law in resolving dispu [...]	2006-02-07 06:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE267	DUTCH SUPPORT FRENCH AL MANAR BAN; FOCUS NOW ON AL [...] (S) On January 27, the Dutch press reported that Minister of Justice Donner had informed parliament that the French, at Donner's request, had agreed to block the transmission to the Netherlands of Lebanese Al Manar and Iranian Sahar TV1 satellite broadcasters after their programs were found [...]	2006-02-07 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ANET PREL LE NL
06THEHAGUE269	DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 6 February, there has been no violence in the Netherlands in response to the controversial cartoons, though daily newspaper "De Volkskrant" received a bomb threat for having reprinted the Danish cartoons. The Prime Minister emphasized the primacy of law in resolving dispu [...]	2006-02-07 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO NL

06THEHAGUE308	NETHERLANDS/OUTREACH: CHARGE MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge met with Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen February 3 to discuss opportunities for Muslim outreach in the city. Cohen complained that the media had distorted his recent comments on "unrest" in Amsterdam, but acknowledged religious/ethnic tensions remain a serious problem. He cr [...]	2006-02-10 12:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE333	UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS: TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 16:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO PREL NL
06THEHAGUE449	Can the Netherlands Overcome Dutch Disease? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The recent OECD study 'Going for Growth' emphasized the growing gap in national income between the U.S. and the countries of Europe. The study argues that European countries have done too little to boost productivity or strengthen work incentives, thus maintaining high implicit t [...]	2006-02-28 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB NL
06THEHAGUE591	FOLLOW-UP ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ:NETHERLANDS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Netherlands has taken internal and external steps in recent years to prevent its citizens from traveling to Iraq and other conflict areas to train or participate in jihad. Closer cooperation between Dutch intelligence and police authorities has yielded concrete results, incl [...]	2006-03-20 16:24:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ NL
06THEHAGUE650	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID OFFICIALS [...] Country clearance is granted for March 30 - April 2, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Frederick W. Schieck, Acting Administrator, USAID/Washington; Robin J. Brinkley, Senior Policy Advisor to the Acting Administrator, USAID/Washington; and George Carner, U.S. Representative to the DAC to atten [...]	2006-03-24 16:35:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE806	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del confirmed that, during the proposed week of the U.S. extension request submission and briefing, EC Chair Dastis, DG Pfirter, most senior Verification staff, Amb. Onate, and Amb. Khodakov will be available in The Hague. Del continues to field questions concerning U.S. intent (both timi [...]	2006-04-11 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06TOKYO1058	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1112	AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 2 [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. -- Doesn't Pay to Cheat on the AI Test: Police Arrest Ibaraki Chicken Swappers -- 2. On February 27, prefectural police arrested four veterinarians and employees of the IKN Egg Farm Comp [...]	2006-03-02 06:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO1139	BIOGRAPHIC DATA ON JAPAN'S DIET FRESHMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since the September 2005 election of 83 freshmen Diet members, Post has had several opportunities to gather biographic data on some of them. What follows is a summation of that data. END SUMMARY. 2. (C//NF) Yoshitami Kameoka of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) revealed d [...]	2006-03-03 05:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV ECON JA
06TOKYO1567	CONSENSUS EMERGING TO RAISE CONSUMPTION TAX TO 10 [...] (SBU) Summary: A domestic business sector consensus is emerging in favor of raising Japan's consumption tax from 5 to 10 percent, and the Japanese people are ready to accept it, according to LDP Tax Policy Committee Chairman Yanagisawa. A Cabinet decision to increase the rate is expected in [...]	2006-03-24 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JA
06TOKYO1691	DUSTR BHATIA CUTS STRAIGHT TO THE BEEF [...] (SBU) The United States is looking for an early resumption of beef imports to Japan. That was the message Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia conveyed during March 20 meetings in Tokyo. While underscoring that U.S. beef is safe, in separate meetings he told Vice Ministers at the F [...]	2006-03-30 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON JA
06TOKYO1815	JAPAN'S TRADE MINISTER PROPOSES EAST ASIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: METI Minister Nikai appears to be rolling out an ambitious new proposal for a region-wide "comprehensive economic partnership agreement" paired with a new regional policy think tank along the lines of the OECD. As reported by the press, his proposals run counter to recent GOJ dec [...]	2006-04-05 07:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO1851	JAPAN'S TRADE MINISTER PROPOSES EAST ASIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: METI Minister Nikai announced on April 4 an ambitious new proposal for a region-wide "comprehensive economic partnership agreement" paired with a new regional policy think tank along the lines of the OECD. Foreign, Finance and Agriculture Ministry senior bureaucrats had no prior [...]	2006-04-06 09:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO1887	JAPANESE BUREAUCRATS SLAM METI'S TRADE PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary. Four Japanese Ministries slammed METI for its uncoordinated proposal for an East Asia Economic Partnership Agreement at a previously scheduled interagency meeting today. End Summary. 2. (C) METI Minister's Nikai's proposal for an East Asia Economic Partnership Agreement (see [...]	2006-04-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO1932	MEDIA REACTION PALESTINIAN AID QUESTION - [...] "Caution Needed on Decision to Suspend Aid to Palestinian Authority" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (4/11): "The US and EU have announced that they will halt or freeze direct assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA),as its cabinet is led by the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas, whic [...]	2006-04-11 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO2130	METI VICE MINISTER EXPLAINS REGIONAL FTA PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: Trade Minister Nikai's recent proposal for an East Asian free trade agreement (FTA) aims to balance a less-inclusive Chinese initiative, according to METI Vice Minister Kusaka. The proposal would also help to "neutralize" pressures within the Japanese business community for a [...]	2006-04-19 06:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ASEAN APECO JA
06TOKYO2240	MOFA DEPUTY MINISTER PUSHES FOR NEW ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Mitoji Yabunaka proposed that the U.S. and Japan begin preparations for a new U.S. Japan economic framework in a meeting with the Charge on April 24. The full proposal, with a broad focus and more emphasis on cooperation could be fle [...]	2006-04-25 23:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID EAGR ETTC ENRG JA IN CH
06TOKYO2276	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2283	METI'S ASIAN FTA PROPOSAL: TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: METI Minister Nikai's recent regional FTA proposal is a tactical move to counter an expected Chinese-backed regional FTA proposal to be presented to an August ASEAN Plus Three Economic Ministers' meeting. METI however, seems not to have considered the longer-term implications [...]	2006-04-27 06:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN APECO JA
06TOKYO2333	EAP/DAS KEITH'S MEETING WITH METI OFFICIALS ON PRC [...] (C) Summary: Questions from officials of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) focused on China's promises regarding exchange rate reform and intellectual property protection during an April 26 briefing on Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent U.S. visit by EAP Deputy Assis [...]	2006-04-28 06:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG APECO PREL CH JA
06TOKYO2579	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2816	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2905	JFTC Flexes Its Muscles on Bid-rigging [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's chief competition regulator, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC),has made a good start in applying the new powers it gained at the beginning of the year in several bid-rigging cases. Though not a player in what has been arguably the most prominent bid-rigging cas [...]	2006-05-25 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN ETRD EINV PGOV JA
06TOKYO3104	METI VALUES RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Trade Minister Nikai's proposal for an East Asian Free Trade Area was meant to preempt Chinese proposals for a low-standards Asian FTA, not to exclude the United States from the region, according to Vice Trade Minister Kazumasa Kusaka. Kusaka claimed that METI still v [...]	2006-06-06 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL JA APECO
06TOKYO3105	METI'S KITAMURA PROMOTES ASIA FTA AS DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: METI Minister Nikai's proposal for an Asian FTA was an alternative to an "aggressive" Chinese push for an ASEAN 3 FTA, METI Trade policy DG Toshiaki Kitamura told visiting EAP/PDAS Kathleen Stephens on May 29. The Chinese plan, which will be recommended by an ASEAN 3 expert [...]	2006-06-06 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ASEAN APEC CH KS AS IN NZ JA
06TOKYO3161	MOFA'S ISHIKAWA CRITICIZES NIKAI EAST ASIA FTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan needs WTO negotiations to move forward while MAFF Minister Nakagawa is still in place, MOFA Economic Affairs DG Ishikawa told visiting APEC Ambassador Michalak, but Brazil needs to move first before Nakagawa can play his hand. Ishikawa cited problems with METI Minister Nika [...]	2006-06-08 06:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL JA APECO
06TOKYO3164	METI SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA "INEVITABLE" [...] (C) Summary: Japan is in no position to oppose an almost certain Chinese-led consensus among the other 12 member countries of the ASEAN Plus Three to pursue a regional free trade agreement (FTA),according to a senior official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The [...]	2006-06-08 07:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL APECO JA
06TOKYO3251	MOFA OFFICIAL VOICES CONCERN OVER FTA STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: ASEAN Plus Three countries will almost certainly launch free trade agreement (FTA) discussions later this year. That development will put Japan, which lacks a free-standing agreement with ASEAN, in a difficult negotiating position, according to the deputy director of the offic [...]	2006-06-13 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO3921	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4660	MOFA SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA PROCESS ADVANCING [...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Plus 3 Economic Ministers, when they meet next week in Kuala Lumpur, will likely recommend the creation of a formal intergovernmental study group as a prelude to actual free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations among the 13 ASEAN Plus 3 countries. According to an offi [...]	2006-08-16 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO
06TOKYO4662	MOFA SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA PROCESS ADVANCING [...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Plus 3 Economic Ministers, when they meet next week in Kuala Lumpur, will likely recommend the creation of a formal intergovernmental study group as a prelude to actual free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations among the 13 ASEAN Plus 3 countries. According to an offi [...]	2006-08-16 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO
06TOKYO4752	MOFA OFFICIAL ON REINVIGORATING APEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan agrees, in principle, on the need to institutionally strengthen APEC but believes more discussion is needed to determine the most effective way forward, according to Japan's APEC Senior Official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Acknowledging the prospect of p [...]	2006-08-18 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL APECO JA
06TOKYO4990	METI VICE MINISTER CITES BUSINESS NETWORKS, CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Japan feels a need for legal protections for its companies' integrated production facilities and trade flows throughout East Asia. That and Japan's desire to stop or slow China efforts to assume a leadership role in the process of regional economic integration had spurred Japan [...]	2006-08-31 06:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO
06TOKYO4994	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5526	The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At- [...] (U) Summary. The Japan Economic Scope (JES) is a weekly e-newsletter produced by Embassy Tokyo's ECON section in collaboration with other sections and constituent Posts. It provides a brief overview of recent economic developments, insights gleaned from contacts, summaries of the latest cab [...]	2006-09-25 23:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO5569	ANRE'S ARIMA LOOKING FOR SUPPORT FOR IEA [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 13, newly appointed director of the International Affairs Division at the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Jun Arima reiterated the GOJ's request that USG support the appointment of Nobuo Tanaka as the new head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) [...]	2006-09-26 11:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG JA
06TOKYO5728	The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3 - Abe's Conservative Cabinet 4 - GM Rice Creates Stir with GOJ 5 - Possible Resumption of Civair Negotiations in November 6 - New ANRE Head Bullish on New METI Minister 7 - U.S. Beef a Hot Item 9 - North Korean Supernotes Seized in Western Japan 11 - Governor Kimu [...]	2006-10-02 05:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO5887	The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3 - EB DAS Moore Discusses IPR, Economic Relationship in Tokyo 4 - Investment Initiative Looks Toward Future under Abe Government 7 - Michalak Meetings Signal Progress on Some Investment Issues 11 - AIG flags interest in Japan Post, retirement serv [...]	2006-10-11 02:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO5903	ABE LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Although Prime Minister Abe's campaign platform for addressing social disparity issues lacked detail, he has already laid significant groundwork for related government programs, according to Cabinet Office and ministry contacts. Six members of his so-called "second chance" parliamentary [...]	2006-10-11 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN EINV JA
06TOKYO6012	The Japan Economic Scope Q Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents Paragraph 3 Q Japan Announces DPRK Sanctions 4 Q Ambassador Addresses Business Leaders 5 Q MOFA DG Discusses APERM, Economic Relationship 9 Q EMIN Pays Call on Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka MACHIMURA [...]	2006-10-16 06:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6042	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/06 [...] Okinawa 1,123 1. Gifu 107 2. Yamanashi 388 2. Nara 109 3. Mie 265 3. Fukui 110 TOKYO 00006042 011 OF 011 4. Wakayama 260 4. Tokyo 111 5. Oita 256 5. To [...]	2006-10-17 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6087	PARIS NONPROLIFERATION CONFERENCE: JAPAN TO SEND [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 05:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM FR JA
06TOKYO6140	The Japan Economic Scope Q Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents Paragraph 3. Japan Announces DPRK Sanctions Paragraph 11. Abe: Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy to be "Engine for Reform" Paragraph 18. Japan and Vietnam Agree To Launch FTA Negotiations Paragraph 22. GE Facing Sanctions Paragraph 27. U.S. Telecoms Policy Deleg [...]	2006-10-23 04:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6250	SECOND CHANCE PROGRAMS AND THE LABOR MOBILITY [...] (C) Current efforts to foster Japanese labor mobility are centered around two pieces of legislation: a new Labor Contracts Law and a revised Labor Standards Law. A key Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) advisory committee is preparing both laws for submission to the regular 2007 D [...]	2006-10-26 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EINV PGOV JA
06TOKYO6294	The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanran Signals Renewed Opposition to Foreign Triangular Merger 4. Japan Ag: More Talk About Reform? 5. Unblocking Beef in Japan's Pipeline 6. Japan's Annual Southern Bluefin Tuna Catch Halved 7. Azadegan: EMIN Calls on METI, MOFA to Discuss Contract Chan [...]	2006-10-30 22:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6384	The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren to Call for FTA with U.S. 4. Embassy Meets with GOJ Officials on Triangular Merger Issues 5. Louisiana Governor Leads Trade Mission to Japan 6. DPJ Member and Agriculture Expert Matsushita Voices Support for Cooperation on Food Safety 7. MAFF Needs [...]	2006-11-06 22:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6465	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6484	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S TOKYO MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met on November 7 with senior representatives of Japan,s three mega-banks, had lunch with Ministry of Finance (MOF) Vice Minister for International Affairs Hiroshi Watanabe, and met with Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Toshihiko Fukui. [...]	2006-11-13 05:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PINS JA CH KS IZ
06TOKYO6485	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES DPRK, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met on November 7 with Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Koji Omi in his capacity as Presidential Emissary for the International Compact with Iraq. (Meetings with Japanese bankers, Vice Minister for Finance Watanabe and [...]	2006-11-13 05:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PINS PARM CH JA IZ
06TOKYO6488	The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Civair Talks: Beginnings of a Deal? 4. Canada-Japan FTA Off the Rails 5. MAFF Acknowledges Rough Going On Japan-Australia FTA 6. Treasury DepSec Talks Iraq Compact 7. Allgeier Pushes for Doha Round During DVC with Tokyo 8. MOFA Pushes Ahead With Asia Regio [...]	2006-11-13 05:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO658	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-07 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6614	The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. METI Minister Calls for Deepening of U.S.-Japan Economic Relations 4. Keidanren Joins Call for a U.S.-Japan FTA 5. ACCJ Business White Paper Says Economic Integration Agreement Is Needed 6. Kansai Business Leaders Meet Finance Minister in Osaka; FTAs, EPAs St [...]	2006-11-20 07:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6714	The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren Releases Report Calling for Joint Study on U.S.-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement 4. LDP Diet Member Katayama Supports U.S.-Japan FTA 5. METI Senior Parliamentary Vice Minister Puts Priority on Doha Round, Asia Regional FTAs 6. Will Council for th [...]	2006-11-27 02:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6764	SCENESETTER FOR ECONOMIC SUBCABINET MEETINGS, DEC. [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe has gotten off to a fast start in the beginning of his administration with a strong political and foreign policy agenda. However, he has yet to demonstrate the same leadership on domestic economic policy, regulatory reform, and international economic policy. In prepar [...]	2006-11-29 07:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL EAGR ENRG ECIN APECO JA
06TOKYO6824	TAKUMI NEMOTO AND ABE'S EVOLVING ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe's initiatives to strengthen the Kantei (Prime Minister's Office) in the policy-making process have created a number of new economic players, one of the most important being Special Assistant to the Prime Minster Takumi Nemoto. There do not appear to be plans for Nemoto [...]	2006-12-04 05:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
06TOKYO6839	LDP INTEREST IN AID TO INDIA SURPRISINGLY HIGH, [...] (SBU) After a recent lecture on trends in Overseas Development Assistance (ODA),Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers peppered Takushoku University President Toshio Watanabe with questions about how to use aid to turn India into a counterweight to China, Watanabe told Econoff in a Novembe [...]	2006-12-04 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON JA PGOV IN
06TOKYO6846	The Japan Economic Scope -- Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. GOJ Backsliding on Triangular Mergers 4. Japan Starts Indonesia EPA Process with Focus on Energy 5. ANRE's Arima Outlines Sub-Cabinet Energy Goals 6. Agriculture Minister Seeks to Increase Biofuel Production 7. Hokkaido Agriculture Co-op Proposes Japan's Lar [...]	2006-12-05 02:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6926	INDIAN PM VISIT: LIKELY JOINT STATEMENT, ECONOMIC [...] (C) Preparations for Indian Prime Minister Singh's December 13-16 visit to Japan are proceeding well, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) official told Econoff, and it appears the prime ministers will issue a joint statement announcing negotiations toward an "economic partnership agreement" [...]	2006-12-11 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL MARR JA IN
06TOKYO6931	The Japan Economic Scope ?- Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Sub Cabinet in Tokyo 4. Transcript of Press Roundtable after Sub Cabinet 5. Triangular Mergers: Still Pushing as the End Game Approaches 6. Amb. Michalak's Meetings on Triangular Mergers 7. DUSTR Bhatia and Dep. FM Yabunaka Exchange Reg Reform Recommendation [...]	2006-12-11 22:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6994	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a lunch conversation on December 14, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and the Ambassador covered a wide range of issues including: -- the U.S.-Japan security relationship ("2 Plus 2" Talks, DPRI); -- Iraq; -- economic issues (sub-Cabinet meetings, "trian [...]	2006-12-15 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL ECON PGOV JA BM IZ KS RS AF IR
06TOKYO7023	The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Japan and Australia Agree to Begin Talks on Free Trade Agreement 4. Hokkaido Farmers Protest Japan-Australian EPA Negotiations 5. PMs Singh, Abe Likely to Announce EPA Negotiations 6. Sec. Bodman, METI Minister Amari Agree to Cooperate on Energy Security 7. [...]	2006-12-18 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO7139	The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP Member Tatsuya Ito Reviews Regional Architecture Policy 4. Japan - Australia FTA: GOJ Will Drive Hard Bargain 5. Kagoshima Farmers: EPA with Australia, No Worries Mate? 6. Beijing Energy Ministerial Outcome: METI, MOFA Pleased 7. Transparency: GOJ Transla [...]	2006-12-27 06:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO7143	UPDATE ON MOFA'S ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC DATA [...] (SBU) Summary: MOFA continues to plug away at its regional economic data collection and analysis proposal (aka EiSMAP, the Economic Information Sharing Mechanism of the Asia-Pacific),having secured a USD six figure budget line item for the project in the draft GOJ FY-2007 budget. MOFA hopes [...]	2006-12-27 07:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APEC OECD JA
06TUNIS1021	HUNGER STRIKE BY TWO TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS NOT A [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 06:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1220	TUNISIA OBSERVES WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 11:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1238	EMBASSY TUNIS ENGAGES TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 14:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1402	SENIOR MOI OFFICIAL REMOVED: SIGN TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, President Ben Ali unexpectedly announced the dismissal of a senior Ministry of Interior (MOI) official who some believe to be responsible for an uptick in the GOT's harsh repression of Tunisian civil society. As Secretary of State for National Security, Mohamed Ali Gan [...]	2006-06-08 11:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TS
06TUNIS1650	FREEDOM AGENDA QUARTERLY REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The one year anniversary of our Freedom Agenda was marked by increased USG engagement and continued GOT stagnation on political reform. This quarter, post continued its active engagement of the GOT, which was reinforced by Deputy Secretary Zoellick during his May visit and the vi [...]	2006-07-03 09:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS1676	DAS GRAY MEETING WITH EUROPEAN COMMISSION [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. During his June 27-28 visit, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray met with representatives of the European Commission (EC) to discuss collaboration on human rights and democracy reform in Tunisia. EC reps noted difficulty in formal collaboration due to the heavy bureauc [...]	2006-07-05 13:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1702	DAS GRAY MEETING WITH TUNISIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. During his June 27-28 visit, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray met with Deputy Foreign Minister for the Americas and Asia, Saida Chtioui, to discuss the USG position on Libya, Tunisian relations with Iran, USG support for Guatemala for the Latin American Security Counc [...]	2006-07-06 13:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAO PGOV PHUM SMIG MARR TS
06TUNIS1818	IPR PROTECTION IN TUNISIA [...] SUMMARY: Tunisia has taken significant steps to strengthen its intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement throughout 2005 and 2006. There has been a noted change in attitude towards IPR among Tunisian officials, legal experts, and businesses. They now consider IPR not only as a legal t [...]	2006-07-19 05:28:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON TS
06TUNIS1847	TFLE01: TUNISIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES [...] (C) In a July 18 farewell call by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Abdallah expressed concern about the "grave" humanitarian situation in Lebanon, noting his impression that the violence was not going to end soon. As a jurist, he said, he was "shocked" that an armed group could be allowed to [...]	2006-07-19 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LE IS TU
06TUNIS1946	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia in the following areas: A. Prime Minister Discusses Recent Economic Reforms B. Adoption of New Economic Laws C. National Strategy for a Digital Economy D. Tunisia Ratifies International Sugar Agreement E. Whe [...]	2006-08-01 15:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR TS
06TUNIS2036	TUNISIAN CENTRAL BANK RELEASES 2006 PRELIMINARY [...] SUMMARY: On July 24, the Tunisian Central Bank released preliminary figures of the country's macroeconomic performance for the first half of 2006 after a meeting of the Bank's Executive Board. The Bank discussed Tunisia's industrial and services output, monetary policy and inflation concerns, [...]	2006-08-10 08:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB TS
06TUNIS2173	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JULY - AUGUST 14 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Minimum Wage Increase B. Tunisian and Mauritanian Central Banks to Cooperate C. Arab Fund for Development Finances Tunisian Power Plant D. GOT to Liberalize the Cereal Sector E. GO [...]	2006-08-21 11:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB TS
06TUNIS227	SIGNS OF INCREASED PRESS FREEDOM, BUT TUNISIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 14:40:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS2292	TUNISIA AND THE U.S.-MENA PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has provided contact information on bank associations in Tunisia (ref A). In addition, EconOff met with Mr. Amor Saafi, Managing Director of the Association Professionnelle Tunisienne des Banques et des Establissements Financiers (APTBEF) - the other bank association provi [...]	2006-09-06 07:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN TS
06TUNIS2298	AN-NAHDHA LEADER JEBALI: MODERATE ISLAMISM IS THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an August 30 meeting, Hamadi Jebali, a former leader of the unauthorized Tunisian Islamist political party An-Nahdha, described the party's political views, continued GOT oppression, his recent release from prison, and defended "moderate Islamism" as the political future of [...]	2006-09-06 12:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER TS
06TUNIS2299	LAW ADOPTED ON REDUCED HOURS FOR WOMEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 18, the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies adopted a law that will allow some female employees to work part-time while still receiving two-thirds of their original salary. While the GOT states the law was motivated by a desire to allow Tunisians to balance family and professiona [...]	2006-09-06 14:28:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI TS
06TUNIS2303	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST 15 - August 31 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Central Bank Figures Show Climbing Inflation B. Tunisian Olive Oil Exports Fall Below GOT's Expectations C. Tunisia and Libya Continue Dialogue on Trade, Tourism D. Tunisia to Increa [...]	2006-09-07 07:25:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB EAIR TS
06TUNIS2329	BEN GUERDANE'S "LIBYAN SOUK": CHEAP GOODS, BIG [...] (SBU) Summary: In the "Libyan souk" of Ben Guerdane, a town 30 kilometers from the Tunisian-Libyan border, Tunisians can pay bargain prices for questionably imported, often counterfeited goods from Libya. Although the GOT asserts that it is committed to intellectual property right protection [...]	2006-09-11 09:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR LY TS
06TUNIS2414	ZARZIS FREE TRADE ZONE DISAPPOINTED BY LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ten years after its opening, the Zarzis free trade zone, located in Southeastern Tunisia, has failed to create the foreign investment and job promotion intended, despite generous incentives offered by the GOT. In a meeting with EconOff, newly-designated Director General for the [...]	2006-09-21 10:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD BEXP LY TS
06TUNIS2418	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Unemployment Holds Steady at 14.2 Percent B. Tunisia and Morocco Continue Dialogue on Cooperation C. Emirates Lands in Tunisia D. Italy's Benetton Invests in Tunisian Textiles E. T [...]	2006-09-21 12:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EAIR EINT ECPS KTEX TS
06TUNIS2424	MICROSOFT INKS AGREEMENT WITH GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum in South Africa July 11-12, the GOT and the Microsoft Corporation signed a partnership agreement that provides for Microsoft investment in training, research, and development, but also commits the GOT to using licensed Microsoft soft [...]	2006-09-22 10:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON TINT KIPR ECPS TS
06TUNIS2464	TUNISIAN TEXTILE SECTOR ADAPTS TO POST-QUOTA [...] (U) Summary: This is the first of a two-part series on the Tunisian textile sector. Part one addresses the impact of the end of the Multifiber Agreement on production and exports, as well as the sector's strategy for future competitiveness. After the end of the quota regime that existed unde [...]	2006-09-29 14:57:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD BEXP KTEX TS
06TUNIS2465	TUNISIAN TEXTILE WORKERS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a two-part series on the Tunisian textile sector. This cable addresses the impact of the end of the Multifiber Agreement on workers. While textile organizations and manufacturers viewed 2005 results as better than expected, the reality has been bleaker for [...]	2006-09-29 14:58:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD BEXP KTEX TS
06TUNIS2534	HACKERS BREAK THE CODE TO AL-JAZEERA SPORTS CHANNEL [...] According to an As-Sabah Al-Ousboui newspaper article published September 25, 2006, Tunisian hackers have been able to break the encryption code for Al-Jazeera Sports Channel and are now selling bootleg access cards at cut-rate prices. The article tells its readers where they can go to procure [...]	2006-10-11 13:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR AG FR MO TC UK TS
06TUNIS2538	TUNISIA OUTRANKS U.S. IN COMPETITIVENESS, SAYS [...] (SBU) The Government of Tunisia is gloating over its ranking in the 2006 Global Competitiveness Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on September 26th. Classified as the 30th most competitive country in the world and first among African and Middle East countries, Tunisia advanced [...]	2006-10-11 15:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD TC UK MO TS
06TUNIS2539	TUNISIAN EXPATS MAKE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE HOME [...] (U) Summary: Each summer thousands of Tunisian expatriates return on ferry boats from Europe to visit family, attend weddings, and spend their vacations. The ferry returnees are largely working class Tunisians, who moved to Europe in search of employment and a chance to improve their social s [...]	2006-10-12 09:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ELAB SMIG LY TS
06TUNIS257	AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation at the MFA on February 6, Ambassador and Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah discussed the Palestinian elections and future of the peace process, Iran,s nuclear ambitions, the status of SOFA negotiations, prospects for Maghreb unity, freedom of the press [...]	2006-02-06 15:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TS
06TUNIS2598	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: SEPT. 16 - OCT. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Trade Balance Continues to Deteriorate B. Emirates Bukhatir to Build 5 Billion USD "Sports City" C. Emirati DIG Increases Stake in Karthago Airlines D. Legal Retirement Age to Be Rai [...]	2006-10-20 08:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EAGR EFIN EINV EAIR KPRV TS
06TUNIS2639	TUNISIAN EMBASSY IN QATAR CLOSED TO PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 25, the Tunisian MFA announced the closure of Tunisia's embassy in Qatar, citing al-Jazeera's lack of objectivity. The announcement followed numerous international media reports that Tunisia had withdrawn its ambassador in protest over al-Jazeera coverage of Tunisian d [...]	2006-10-27 14:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS2684	TUNISIANS FEEL PINCH OF HIGH PRICES THIS RAMADAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ramadan spending combined with rising inflation hit many Tunisians in the pocket book this year. While the GOT attempted to put its best foot forward by keeping prices low and stepping up enforcement of price controls, these measures did little to address rising inflation and co [...]	2006-11-01 15:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TS
06TUNIS2742	TUNISIA - INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign currency. There is no discernible money laundering activity reported to be occurrin [...]	2006-11-09 16:06:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN TS
06TUNIS2749	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Oct. 16 - Oct. 31 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT to Issue a Travel Allowance Card B. GOT Projects 5.3 percent GDP Growth for 2006 C. Central Bank Concerned About Household Debt D. Tunisia Signs Science Cooperation Deal with Chi [...]	2006-11-14 08:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EFIN SENV KTEX TS
06TUNIS2753	United Arab Emirates Investments Target Tunisia [...] SUMMARY: In a period of less than 12 months, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the biggest single foreign investor in Tunisia, surpassing France, which, excluding energy, has been the largest investor in Tunisia over the last five years. Comment: While UAE investors have been active in [...]	2006-11-15 07:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD TS
06TUNIS2771	Carrefour Closes its Counterfeit Optical Disc Sales [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT is taking positive steps to target the retail sector for enforcement of IPR. The Tunisian franchisee of retail giant Carrefour has stopped its practice of openly selling pirated optical discs. In addition, Carrefour's circulars now contain an explicit warning against r [...]	2006-11-17 09:56:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD TS
06TUNIS2772	Erroneous Media Reports of a U.S./Tunisia Free Trade [...] (U) Local news media recently published an article indicating that despite a relative slowdown of talks between the two parties, the U.S. and Tunisia were exploring opportunities aimed at concluding a Free Trade Agreement and mentioning that work groups have been set up to look into the servic [...]	2006-11-17 10:10:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD TS
06TUNIS2776	RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; [...] (SBU) EconOff was unable to conduct requested Post-Shipment Verification (reftel) despite numerous attempts to do so. The ultimate Consignee for this shipment of L72 laser sights was the Tunisian Ministry of Interior (MOI). 2. (SBU) The MOI has been reluctant to schedule an on-site visi [...]	2006-11-17 16:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ETTC IT TS
06TUNIS2861	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Nov. 1 - Nov. 30 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Plans to Build Nuclear Power Plant by 2020 B. Tunisie Telecom Privatization Receipts To Reduce External Debt C. Central Bank Intervenes in Bank Lending D. GOT Subsidies R [...]	2006-12-07 09:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG EAID EPET TS

06TUNIS2899	MAGHREB LEADERS EXTOL VIRTUES OF FREE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent two-day conference on Maghreb business and trade, regional leaders and businessmen extolled the virtues of increased regional economic integration and lamented the currently low levels of trade and investment between the Maghreb countries. Participants hailed from al [...]	2006-12-13 16:12:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD EINV TS
06TUNIS2950	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Dec. 1 - Dec. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia to Increase Transit Capacity of Algerian Gas to Italy B. FDI Up Nearly Ten Percent in 2006 C. Inflation Down in November ------------------------------------ Tunisia to Inc [...]	2006-12-21 07:31:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EPET EAIR TS
06TUNIS2963	COMMERCE MINISTRY TALKS TOUGH ON IPR [...] (SBU) Leila Fethi, in charge of implementing programs in the Economic Control Division (ECD) in the Tunisian Ministry of Commerce and Handicrafts, discussed with EconOff the recent removal of pirated optical disks from retail giant Carrefour and upcoming GOT actions on the intellectual propert [...]	2006-12-26 14:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TS
06TUNIS2970	EXXONMOBIL STIFLED BY EXCESSIVE GOT REGULATION, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 20 meeting with EconOff, ExxonMobil Tunisia Director General Arnaud Blouin lamented the difficulty of doing business in Tunisia and questioned whether ExxonMobil has a future in Tunisia. Blouin presented a laundry list of complaints ranging from Central Bank currenc [...]	2006-12-27 15:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EPET ETRD BEXP TS
06TUNIS425	GOT RELEASES MORE THAN 1600 PRISONERS, INCLUDING [...] (C) Summary: On February 26, all daily newspapers carried an official GOT press release stating that President Ben Ali freed 1,298 prisoners and granted "conditional freedom" to 359 others. Notable among those released were approximately 70 members of banned Tunisian Islamist party an-Nahdha, [...]	2006-02-27 15:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS55	SUCCESSION IN TUNISIA: FINDING A SUCCESSOR OR FEET FIRST? [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a country that has had only one president for over eighteen years, suddenly and unusually, talk of the post-Ben Ali era is growing. Several senior and well-connected individuals have recently raised Ben Ali's intentions for the future with Ambassador and other embassy officials. On [...]	2006-01-09 15:14:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS669	REPORTS OF ANTI-SEMITIC STUDENT DEMONSTRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to press reports and eyewitnesses, On March 10, approximately 100 students shouted anti-Israel and anti-Semitic slogans during a demonstration at Manouba University in Tunis at a ceremony marking the donation of books from the library of the late Jewish Tunisian histor [...]	2006-03-22 12:10:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO TS
06TUNIS670	ISLAMISTS IN TUNISIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent roundtable with Tunisian intellectuals and civil society activists, participants discussed the challenges and opportunities for Islamists in Tunisia. (NOTE: In this discussion, Islamists were defined as Islamic political activists. END NOTE.) While noting that di [...]	2006-03-22 13:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS750	FREEDOM AGENDA QUARTERLY REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: This quarter was marked by significant USG engagement of the GOT, including visits by SecDef Rumsfeld and NEA A/S Welch. The GOT took some positive steps towards increased political reform, including pardoning approximately eighty prisoners described as political prisoners by hum [...]	2006-03-30 08:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS808	U.S./EU LUNCH ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN TUNISIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 12:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06ULAANBAATAR232	State Secrets Law: An Invitation to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The World Bank, civil society and donors, including the U.S., have long identified the lack of transparency and citizen access to government information as a major invitation to corruption and have encouraged the Government of Mongolia and worked with civil society [...]	2006-03-31 07:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON MG FR GM
06USNATO639	FRENCH MANEUVERS TO PUT BRAKES ON ALLIED-PARTNER [...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, France tried to launch a campaign to deny NATO partners formal 26 plus one consultations with Allies, substituting "informal" meetings. The French move began with Georgia (ref. A) and initially looked like a "one-off" move designed to assuage the Russians a [...]	2006-10-26 15:18:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MARR FR
06USUNNEWYORK1018	WESTERN SAHARA: AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 joint call with SRSG for Western Sahara Francesco Bastagli, Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum, noted the Security Council's April rollover of the MINURSO mandate and its failure to take action on the Secretary General's recommendation of direct talks bet [...]	2006-05-18 21:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
06USUNNEWYORK1041	DRC SANCTIONS: UK PROPOSES REVISED LIST OF NAMES [...] (C) As reported in REFTEL, the UK would like to press forward with a list of names for sanctioning under UNSCR 1649. UKUN gave USUN on May 22 a revised list of targets. UKUN stressed its desire to move quickly and submit the names for sanctioning, ideally before the Security Council travels [...]	2006-05-23 20:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV CG
06USUNNEWYORK1042	DRC SANCTIONS: UK PROPOSES REVISED LIST OF NAMES [...] (C) As reported in REFTEL, the UK would like to press forward with a list of names for sanctioning under UNSCR 1649. UKUN gave USUN on May 22 a revised list of targets. UKUN stressed its desire to move quickly and submit the names for sanctioning, ideally before the Security Council travels [...]	2006-05-23 20:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV CG
06USUNNEWYORK1078	1267 COMMITTEE: FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. PAPER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Mission stressed its desire to work closely with the USUN to reach agreement on how to revise listing and de-listing procedures in the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Committee. French Mission officials met with USUN on May 22 to respond to our April 27 d [...]	2006-05-26 18:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK1430	1267 COMMITTEE PROCEDURAL PROTECTIONS AND FAIRNESS [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) For the past few weeks, USUN and the French Mission have been working quietly on bridging our differences in the "due process" debate currently underway in the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee ( [...]	2006-07-31 15:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK1440	USUN/NEA MEETING WITH SYG'S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a July 26 meeting at USUN with Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum, NEA/DAS Gordon Gray explained current U.S. thinking on Western Sahara: encouragement of the submission of a robust Moroccan autonomy plan before the October expiration of the MINURSO mandate and [...]	2006-08-01 19:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
06USUNNEWYORK1544	UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) chaired a meeting of UNIFIL Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) on Friday August 11 and two follow-on "technical meetings" on Saturday August 12 and Monday August 14 with both current and potential contributors. The purpose of these [...]	2006-08-15 22:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1545	UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) chaired a meeting of UNIFIL Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) on Friday August 11 and two follow-on "technical meetings" on Saturday August 12 and Monday August 14 with both current and potential contributors. The purpose of these [...]	2006-08-15 22:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1550	DPKO BRIEFS A/S HILLEN ON EXPANDED UNIFIL FORCE [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with PM A/S Hillen on August 16 in New York, UN DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi expressed deep concern that potential unwillingness by France to commit substantial forces to an expanded UNIFIL might have a "chilling effect" on other potential troop contributing countries ( [...]	2006-08-17 12:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1610	UNSC/DARFUR: NEGOTIATIONS STALLED OVER TIMING AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Negotiations on the UK-U.S. draft Darfur resolution are at a standstill after the second Experts Meeting August 22. There are disputes over both the timing and content of our draft. Some delegations failed to provide formal comments pending external input. Others, including the [...]	2006-08-22 23:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1620	UN ADMINISTRATION: PENSION BOARD APPROVES [...] Summary. At its meeting held in Nairobi July 13-21, the 33-member Board of the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund considered several dozen reports on a range of topics, including: the Fund's actuarial valuation; management of the Fund's $32 billion of investments; and the creation of an Audit Commi [...]	2006-08-24 20:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA ASIG
06USUNNEWYORK1667	1540 COMMITTEE: UK VIEWS ON PROGRAM OF WORK [...] USUN LegalOff met with UKUN First Secretary Samantha Purdy on August 29 to discuss the draft work program for the 1540 Committee, which the Russian delegation blocked on July 27 after presenting last-minute amendments it said would avoid "politicizing" the Committee's work (reftels). Purdy s [...]	2006-08-30 22:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP
06USUNNEWYORK1881	SYG SELECTION: SEPTEMBER 28 STRAW POLL RESULTS; [...] (C) Summary. Ban Ki-Moon increased his lead over his nearest competitors in the third Secretary-General straw poll, though one delegation that had previously encouraged Ban's candidacy slipped to the "no opinion" category. The Security Council - in a contentious meeting the previous day - ag [...]	2006-09-29 21:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC UN
06USUNNEWYORK1899	ACTION REQUEST: FINALIZING THE UN-LEBANON TREATY [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a meeting between P-3 legal and political officers on October 2, French experts reported that the UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) had revised the draft treaty establishing the Hariri tribunal to delete any re [...]	2006-10-03 13:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC SY LE
06USUNNEWYORK433	UNSC/IRAN: EU3 IRAN ELEMENTS [...] (C) In a brief P3 meeting mid-day March 7, Ambassadors agreed to defer the P5 meeting planned for later in the day until the afternoon of Wednesday, March 8 at 5:00, when we would have a read-out of the Secretary's discussion with Russian FM Lavrov and when the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) w [...]	2006-03-08 00:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KNNP EU IR
06USUNNEWYORK467	UNSC/IRAN: P3/P5 MEETINGS CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: The Perm Five Permanent Representatives met at 5:00 pm Friday, March 10 at USUN to discuss the British-French draft elements on Iran. Discussion went round and round, as the Russians and Chinese had no specific instructions on the text, speaking instead in general terms about h [...]	2006-03-11 00:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KNNP EU IR AA
06USUNNEWYORK507	UN AFGHAN SRSG KOENIGS COMMITTED TO EXPANDED [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Wolff pressed ref A points on the composition of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) during an introductory meeting with UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Afghanistan Tom Koenigs on March 14. The Ambassador emphasized USG c [...]	2006-03-15 13:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF
06USUNNEWYORK511	UNSC WORKING METHODS: "SWISS-FIVE" PROPOSAL STILL [...] (C) Summary. Switzerland has begun the process of re-circulating a revised draft of its proposed General Assembly resolution on Security Council working methods, which was originally shared with member states last fall (reftel). The Swiss have told the French that they and their four co-draf [...]	2006-03-15 21:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK528	MARCH 15 P5 MEETING ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The P-5 met at 8AM Wednesday, March 15 at the U.S. Mission to continue consultations on Iran. The Russians and Chinese continued to stonewall any progress on the British-French draft UNSC Presidential Statement, with no change in their positions since the March 14 P-5 and inform [...]	2006-03-17 14:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AA AORC EU IR KNNP IAEA
06USUNNEWYORK845	UN COUNTER-TERRORISM EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE (CTED) [...] (U) Summary. In an April 18 meeting, CTED Director Ruperez reiterated his interest in close co-operation with the USG on counter-terrorism, discussed CTED's progress during the past six months and plans for its future. USUN shared USG priorities for increasing CTED effectiveness. End Summa [...]	2006-04-24 18:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER
06USUNNEWYORK882	AMBASSADOR WISNER DISCUSSES KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 25 meeting in the office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Secretary's Special SIPDIS Representative for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner communicated current U.S thinking on the road ahead for Kosovo in 2006 and solicited the Secretary [...]	2006-04-27 17:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC YI UNMIK
06USUNNEWYORK889	UNSC/SUDAN: CONGO FEELS NO SENSE OF URGENCY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. April 26 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations witnessed a veritable face-off on Darfur. In one corner was Congolese Permanent Representative (PR) and representative of the African Union (AU) Chairmanship Ikouebe, who, under obvious pressure from Paris [...]	2006-04-28 19:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CD NI PGOV PREL SU UNSC ZF KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK917	1267 COMMITTEE PROCEDURAL PROTECTIONS AND FAIRNESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN delivered demarche (REF A) to all other P-5 delegations April 27 - 28. P-5 delegations supported U.S. efforts to address &due process8 concerns as a way to strengthen the 1267 sanctions regime and to encourage more States to participate in the 1267 process. France and Russia [...]	2006-05-04 15:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK974	CYPRUS: BRYZA AND SILLIMAN'S NEW YORK MEETINGS [...] (S) Summary: On May 10, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and EUR/SE Director Doug Silliman traveled to New York for meetings on Cyprus with U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari and SRSG on Cyprus and UNFICYP head Michael Moller. In a lunch meeting with Moller and his deputy Susan Allee joined by USUN Ambassador Sanders, [...]	2006-05-13 01:23:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PGOV PREL UNSC TU CY
06VIENNA1152	AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK - SOLID GROWTH AND [...] Two Austrian economic institutes have presented growth projections of 2.4-2.5% for 2006 and 2.0-2.2% for 2007. Although export growth remains the engine driving the economy, industrial production and business investment should increasingly contribute to growth. Private consumption remains w [...]	2006-04-21 13:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
06VIENNA121	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES WILL BEGIN REGULAR FLIGHTS TO [...] On January 9, the Austrian Airlines group (AUA) announced plans to start regularly scheduled service to Iraq on March 9. AUA plans two weekly flights (Thursdays and Sundays) from Vienna to Erbil. Starting May 2, AUA will add a third weekly flight (Tuesdays). AUA will use Airbus A319 aircra [...]	2006-01-13 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
06VIENNA190	AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK - HIGHER GROWTH [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes have revised 2006 growth projections upward to 2.3-2.4%, based on stronger demand in export markets and a modest recovery of business investment. However, the 2007 growth rate should slow to 2.0-2.2%, as German demand dampens after implementation of [...]	2006-01-23 09:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
06VIENNA1907	Austrian Airlines in Turbulence - On the Path [...] The Austrian Airlines (AUA) group, after losses of Euro 173 million ($216 million) in 2005, is on track for another loss in 2006 due to high debt levels, a burdensome cost structure, and high fuel prices. AUA's major creditors are reportedly very concerned with AUA's debts of Euro 1.8-1.9 bi [...]	2006-06-28 12:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
06VIENNA2030	AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK CONTINUES TO IMPROVE [...] The Austrian economy exhibits solid growth and more optimism. Data for the first few months of 2006 show strong growth of exports and investments, and some improvement in private consumption. The two leading Austrian economic institutes have upgraded their 2006 forecasts slightly, predictin [...]	2006-07-07 10:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
06VIENNA230	JANUARY 30 GAERC PRE-DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered ref (a) demarche to Austrian MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken on January 24. Riecken noted that, in addition to the topics mentioned in reftel, the EU Foreign Ministers would discuss the problem of granting visas [...]	2006-01-25 16:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU EUN
06VIENNA2602	UNOSEK UPDATE FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 21-25 [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI AND HIS POLICY TEAM TRAVELED TO PRISTINA DURING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 21 TO HOLD MEETINGS WITH THE UNITY TEAM IN AN EF [...]	2006-08-30 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA2738	GAERC -- DEMARCHES ON IRAN, OTHER POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on September 13 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. Riecken made the following substantive comments. 2. (C) Western Balkans: There will be council conclusions on Bosnia and on Montenegro, Riecken said. The reference to Monte [...]	2006-09-13 15:20:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN PARM KNNP IR EU AU
06VIENNA282	AUSTRIA EXPRESSES TENTATIVE SUPPORT FOR WILLIAM [...] (SBU) During his January 20 visit to Vienna, FAA Director for Europe and the Middle East Paul Feldman called on GoA officials to urge Austrian support for William D. Voss, U.S. candidate for ICAO Secretary General. Alois Kraut, Head of the MFA's Transportation Unit; Dieter Gauptmann, Acting [...]	2006-01-31 09:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAIR ICAO AU
06VIENNA2972	Austrian Airlines Saved, For Now [...] Facing a worsening financial situation, Austrian Airlines Group (AUA) shareholders approved a Euro 350-400 million capital increase on October 2. Syndicated shareholders, who control 51% of AUA shares, strongly support efforts to maintain AUA's dominant position in Central, Eastern, and South [...]	2006-10-05 09:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
06VIENNA3043	AUSTRIA'S ECONOMY POISED FOR FASTER GROWTH [...] Austrian economic institutes have revised 2006 and 2007 GDP forecasts upward to 3.1% and 2.3-2.5% respectively. Data for the first half of 2006 indicate continued robust growth of exports and investments, and some improvement in private consumption. Growth in 2007 should slow, as the negativ [...]	2006-10-13 12:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
06VIENNA3248	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON DEBT RELIEF -- [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 6 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa. Charge especially urged that Austria forgive the remaining 20 percent of Iraq's debt. 2. (SBU) Scheide noted that Austria's forgiveness of 80 percent of Ira [...]	2006-11-07 10:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ AU
06VIENNA3297	WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE IN VIENNA [...] Delegates from 306 national trade union organizations representing 168 million workers in 154 countries met Nov. 1-3 in Vienna to found the International Trade Union Confederation. "The Confederation exists to unite and mobilize the democratic and independent forces of world trade unionism i [...]	2006-11-09 14:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD EAID PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ILO
06VIENNA3447	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 30, 2006 [...] A meeting of the Eurofighter committee on Wednesday endured a small hitch caused by changes in the witness list originally agreed to by all five parties. The changes were made by SPOe, Greens and FPOe. OeVP and BZOe rejected the proposal, but it was accepted nonetheless. There may be trouble a [...]	2006-11-30 15:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3464	Austrian Airlines Gets Fresh Capital [...] The Austrian Airlines (AUA) group (Austrian Airlines, Lauda Air, Austrian Arrows, and Slovak Airlines) has launched a capital increase to raise more than Euro 400 million ($500 million) in fresh money. AUA needs a cash infusion to steady its serious financial situation, resulting from a high [...]	2006-12-01 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
06VIENNA3503	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 11:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3522	MORE FROM AUSTRIA ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] (SBU) On December 7, post followed up discussions with the Austrian MFA (ref A) to discuss the possibility of Austria forgiving the remaining 20 percent of its Iraqi debt. Thomas Wieser, Director General of Economic Policy and Financial Markets in the Ministry of Finance (U/S-level),told A/ [...]	2006-12-12 10:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ AU
06VIENNA3591	THE AUSTRIAN ECONOMY - STATUS AND POLICY OUTLOOK IN LIGHT [...] (SBU) The Austrian National Bank (ANB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have recently presented positive analyses of the Austrian economy and the impact of reforms over the last five years. However, both the ANB and IMF recommend that Austria should continue to focus on macroeconomic [...]	2006-12-21 13:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ELAB EUN AU
06VIENNA462	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location beca [...]	2006-02-15 14:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
06VIENNA512	AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE VOSS [...] (SBU) In a February 10 telcon, Transportation Secretary Mineta asked his Austrian counterpart, Huberg SIPDIS Gorbach, to support the candidacy of William Voss ICAO Secretary General. On February 15, DCM pressed Voss's SIPDIS candidacy in a meeting with Eduard Mainoni, State Secretary in [...]	2006-02-17 16:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ICAO EAIR AU
06VIENNA6	Austria's Economic Footprint in Central Europe [...] Austrian commercial interests continue to benefit greatly from intensified trade and investment relations with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE),as well as Southeastern European (SEE) nations. Exports to CEE have more than doubled since 1995 and exports to SEE have quadrupl [...]	2006-01-03 12:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ECIN ETRD AU EUN
06VIENNA609	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES POSTPONES PLANS TO SERVICE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
06VIENNA651	CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSIONS ON ANTI-SEMITISM, DANISH [...] (U) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) visited Vienna February 22-23 to meet with Austrian and OSCE officials on a variety of topics, including religious tolerance and the controversy over cartoons depicting Mohammed in Danish newspapers with Austrian and OSCE officials. Septels report Con [...]	2006-03-03 10:48:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GM DA AU
06VIENTIANE542	LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON JOINT DEMARCHE ON HMONG [...] (C) The like-minded missions and UN will seek to deliver their joint demarche on the missing Hmong children by the end of June, with the UN playing the coordinating role. The group awaits the outcome of a UN coordination meeting to be held tomorrow to determine the timing of the demarche. The [...]	2006-06-14 09:31:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL KIRF LA
06VILNIUS129	LITHUANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] The following paragraphs represent a corrected version of our Investment Climate Statement for 2006. We have also submitted via e-mail (per reftel instructions) a copy of this report in MS Word format to DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Hatcher) and DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Brown). 2. Begin text of report: 2006 [...]	2006-02-09 08:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	LH NOTAG
06WARSAW1161	POLAND'S ECOFUND: CRISIS OR MISUNDERSTANDING? [...] (SBU) Action request for State, EB/IFD/OMA and OES/ENV, paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Internal disputes at Ecofund discussed in Ref A have grown worse, threatening to disrupt the operations of the Fund. At the heart of the matter is the role that the Polish Treasury Ministry is play [...]	2006-06-13 14:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV KSCA PL
06WARSAW1167	POLAND: UPDATE ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) The Government of Poland continues to pursue its goal of diversifying energy resources. On May 31, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a resolution prioritizing construction of a gas pipeline from Norway, liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, and extension of the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline [...]	2006-06-13 14:39:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET GG PO PREL RS SA SL UR AJ EZ
06WARSAW1592	DEPARTMENT ENERGY ADVISER HELLMAN'S ENERGY [...] (C) Economics Ministry State Secretary Piotr Naimski told visiting State Department Energy Advisor Steve Hellman August 1 that Poland is very concerned by the cut-off of Russian oil shipments to Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta refinery due to alleged 'accidents and technical difficulties.' The Pole [...]	2006-08-04 08:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET LH PL PREL
06WARSAW1758	POLAND: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR ROBUST UNIFIL-PLUS [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered Ref A points August 22 to Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for ME-Africa. Plominski said that FM Fotyga was to meet at 1200 with DefMin Sikorski to review GOP plans for UNIFIL-plus in advance of the August 23 meeting of selected EU foreign ministers in Brussel [...]	2006-08-22 14:43:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE PL
06WARSAW180	POLAND'S COMMENTS ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request - see para 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (C) Poland's Ministry of Economy and MFA expressed support for the U.S. proposal on an approach to Ukraine but seek clarification on several questions. Poland requests fu [...]	2006-02-03 17:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PINR PREL UP RS PO AU EU CZ
06WARSAW525	POTENTIAL AREAS OF ENERGY SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (C) The Government of Poland continues to consider energy security a top priority. Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski plans to travel to the U.S. in mid-April to discuss energy topics with USG officials. Naimski told us that the GOP is flexible with regard to the content, form and scope of i [...]	2006-03-21 13:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PL PREL
06WARSAW595	DEMARCHE ON IRAQ DEBT REDUCTION [...] (C) Polish Finance Ministry Director of Foreign Policy Dr. Jacek Tomorowicz indicates that the Marcinkiewicz Government has not yet considered the matter of writing off Iraq's debts to Poland. Up to now, Poland and Iraqi officials have been trying to come to an agreement as to the amount of [...]	2006-03-31 14:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ PL
06WARSAW791	POLAND FAST-TRACKING IEA MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Pawlel Konzal, Advisor to Minister of Economy told us on April 28 that Poland is fast-tracking IEA membership. The GOP recently held discussions with the IEA's Deputy Executive Director Bill Ramsey concerning membership requirements, telling him that Poland would like to become a full m [...]	2006-04-28 10:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PL
06WELLINGTON526	FOREIGN MINISTER PETERS' TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: During his July visit to Washington, NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters hopes to focus discussion away from the nuclear issue and towards positive areas of bilateral cooperation. Peters, who has from the start of his tenure openly called for improved US-NZ relations, will quiet [...]	2006-07-10 04:55:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON914	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNESCO CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 03:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SCUL NZ UNESCO
06YAOUNDE1431	CAMEROON MILITARY READY TO ENGAGE IN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) In a September 8 meeting with DATT, General Ren-Claude MEKA, Chief of Staff of Cameroon's Armed Forces, said Cameroon was prepared to eventually contribute up to a batallion for international peacekeeping operations. Cameroon has the political and military will to participate in PKO, but [...]	2006-09-15 07:48:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV CM
06YAOUNDE1631	CAMEROON: OFF ROAD IN THE WESTERN PROVINCES [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief made a three-day trip at the height of the rainy season September 28-October 1 to inaugurate Self-Help and Ambassador's Girls Scholarship projects in the North West, South West and West provinces. This message offers her impressions of the region. ----------------------- [...]	2006-10-26 08:55:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	CM EAGR SENV KCOR SCUL PINR
06YAOUNDE1811	TOUGH LOVE IN CAMEROON'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. Corruption, specifically the Government's faithfulness to its anti-corruption promises, continues to take center stage in Cameroon. Indeed, this was Anti-corruption Week in Cameroon, as the Prime Minister launched a high-profile seminar on how to implment the UN Anti-Corrupt [...]	2006-12-08 11:31:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL PGOV EFIN CM
06YAOUNDE1847	U.S. OPPORTUNITIES IN CAMEROON'S AMBITIOUS POWER [...] (U) Summary. Cameroon is "thirsty" for new investments in the oil, gas, and power sectors, and eager to establish partnerships with American companies and relevant USG agencies, according to Dudley Achu Sama, the seniormost technical advisor at the Ministry of Water and Energy (French acron [...]	2006-12-15 12:38:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON PGOV PINR CM
06YAOUNDE1883	CAMEROON: CORRUPTION TRIAL EMBROILS FIRST LADY, [...] (C) Summary. Defense attorneys in the FEICOM corruption trial created tumult in the courtroom and a splash in the headlines when they demanded, on December 19, that the court hear testimony from First Lady Chantal Biya and other Cameroonian notables who feature prominently in the list of il [...]	2006-12-21 13:22:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON PGOV EFIN KMCA CM PINR
06YAOUNDE816	CAMEROON: A TALE OF TWO PRESIDENCIES [...] (C) In its 46 years of independence, Cameroon has only known two presidents, Ahmadou Ahidjo (1960-1982) and Paul Biya (1982-present). Ahidjo was a charismatic and decisive man who ruled a one-party state where citizens had no voice in their leadership. Under Ahidjo, Cameroon's economy fared [...]	2006-05-24 16:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM PINR CM
06YAOUNDE925	CAMEROON: FORMER CHILD LABORERS SHOW THEIR TALENTS [...] (U) To highlight the scourge of child labor and to showcase the talents of those Cameroonian children who have escaped it, Embassy Yaounde -- piggy backing on the ILO's International Day to Combat Child Labor -- put on a fashion show and handicrafts fair in the Chancery June 13 where former [...]	2006-06-15 13:59:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CM
06YAOUNDE928	CAMEROON HIT BY A SERIES OF STRIKES [...] (U) Cameroon has been hit by four strikes in the first two weeks of June, some of which are related. Employees of the national airline (CAMAIR),taxi drivers, Wackenhut security guards and university students have all walked out. While it is too soon to characterize this as a "wave," four i [...]	2006-06-16 06:36:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB CM EAIR ASEC EFIN
06YEREVAN1265	FM OSKANIAN'S FAREWELL SENDOFF TOUCHES ALL THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Oskanian's farewell lunch for the Ambassador offered a review of current issues. Oskanian expressed relief and exasperation about the ability to reach consensus on how the NK/Occupied Territories fires issue would be managed at the UNGA. He worried over the Iranian nuclear [...]	2006-09-13 07:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETTC EAID SCUL OVIP KNNP UNGA AM IR
06YEREVAN1530	KOCHARIAN COMPLAINS TO EU AMBASSADORS ABOUT N-K [...] (C) In a meeting with EU Heads of Mission on October 27, President Kocharian was deeply pessimistic about chances for a settlement on Nagorno-Karabakh, resigned that Armenia would pay a greater cost for poor Russia-Georgia relations than either of the two parties, and expressed some frustratio [...]	2006-10-31 14:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE AM
06YEREVAN1673	FM OSKANIAN UPBEAT ON N-K NEGOTIATIONS, WARNS [...] (C) In a December 1 briefing to Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions resident in Yerevan, FM Oskanian said that the November 28 meeting between Presidents Kocharian and Aliyev was "positive and productive." He went into limited detail about new elements which will be the basis of future discussions [...]	2006-12-04 11:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET UNGA AM
06YEREVAN231	IRANIAN FM LAUDS RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA, CALLS [...] (C) "We do not need permission to pursue a peaceful nuclear program," Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki told reporters during a press conference at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs February 14 in Yerevan. Mottaki arrived in Yerevan February 14 for a series of official meetings at Forei [...]	2006-02-14 14:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ENRG KNNP PREL MARR RS AJ IR AM
06YEREVAN237	IS AN N-K SETTLEMENT DEAD? EVERYONE POINTING [...] (C) Official Yerevan remains careful not to close the door on the possibility of a settlement in the long-running Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, while opposition politicians and thinktankers appear almost gleeful in what is being widely reported as a breakdown in the talks at Rambouillet. Most im [...]	2006-02-15 14:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ AM
06YEREVAN238	ARMENIAN FM OSKANIAN REFLECTS ON RAMBOUILLET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Oskanian was not as pessimistic about the results of Rambouillet as we had anticipated when we heard him reflect on the event and on his views of the way ahead February 15. Although agreement eluded the two presidents at Paris, it was Oskanian's view that many is [...]	2006-02-16 04:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM AJ OSCE
06YEREVAN294	MORE ON RAMBOUILLET FROM KOCHARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private discussion February 28 with the Ambassador, President Kocharian did not rule out further talks on Nagorno-Karabakh, but dilated at some length on why he believed Rambouillet had been doomed to failure from the outset, and why he did not believe that Azeri President Al [...]	2006-03-01 11:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PGOV PREL OSCE
06YEREVAN352	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION ON DAS BRYZA VISIT [...] Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza visited Armenia on March 6-8. As part of his visit, Bryza held a press conference on March 7 that received broad coverage from the print and broadcast media. The press reported on Bryza's comments on energy security, Nagorno- Karabakh, the d [...]	2006-03-09 13:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC AM KMDR KPAO
06YEREVAN586	ARMENIA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: APRIL [...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for April 2006. Major headlines include: -- Greek Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) to sell its 90 percent share in the Armenia Telephone Company (ArmenTel); -- GOAM sells Hrazdan Thermal Power Plant [...]	2006-04-27 12:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTDB CCSR BEXP BTIO AM
06ZAGREB417	SENATOR VOINOVICH PROMOTES PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Senator Voinovich met March 23 with President Stjepan Mesic, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, and Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum to discuss NATO accession, Article 98 (ref A),and Croatia's potential role in resolving Kosovo's [...]	2006-03-28 15:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV SR YI HR
06ZAGREB709	CROATIA ASKS USG TO RECONSIDER POSITION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC asks that the USG reconsider its position declining to support Croatia for membership in the Australia Group at the upcoming Paris plenary (reftel). 2. (SBU) DCM discussed Croatia's application for Australia Group (AG) membership with MFA Assistant Minister for In [...]	2006-06-12 11:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CBW HR
07ABIDJAN1006	COTE D'IVOIRE: COMPAORE'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary. Boureima Badini, Special Representative of Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA) Facilitator Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, told Charge on September 27 that both President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro are committed to OPA implementation, but that there is a lack of trust [...]	2007-09-28 15:07:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV UV
07ABIDJAN1019	COTE D'IVOIRE: PM SPOKESMAN OPTIMISTIC, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Alain Lobognon, Spokesman for the Prime Minister, told Emboffs on October 2 that Interior Minister Desire Tagro is trying to stall the "audiences foraines" (tribunals that will issue birth certificates to those who never had them) process. According to Lobognon, the delay in the [...]	2007-10-03 17:24:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IV
07ABIDJAN1033	COTE D'IVOIRE: UN INVESTIGATION INTO ATTACK ON PM [...] (C) SUMMARY. A four-member UN team is visiting Cote d,Ivoire in response to President Gbagbo,s request to the Secretary General for an independent investigation into the SIPDIS June 29 attack on Prime Minister Soro,s plane in Bouake. The team, headed by Terseli Loial, is spending a week in [...]	2007-10-05 17:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN IV
07ABIDJAN1036	IFIS, DONORS DISCUSS FISCAL GOVERNANCE AND [...] (C) Summary. International Financial Institutions (IFIs) staff convened top bilateral donors September 28 to discuss their negotiations with the Government of Cote d'Ivoire (GOCI) on fiscal controls and next steps. Cote d'Ivoire is staying current with the July 2007 arrears financing packa [...]	2007-10-07 10:27:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IMF ECON PGOV PREL EMIN EAGR ENRG EPET
07ABIDJAN1042	"L'AFFAIRE FULTON" - THE UPSTATE NY CHOCOLATE [...] (C) Summary. A September 18 letter to World Bank President Zoellick alleging President Gbagbo and a quasi-governmental cocoa regulatory body have manipulated the purchase of a Fulton, New York chocolate factory for fraudulent purposes has generated substantial interest locally (reftel a). T [...]	2007-10-11 07:51:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IBRD IMF EFIN EINV EAGR PGOV IV
07ABIDJAN1080	OPA LIMPING ALONG [...] (C) Summary. United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) officials told TDY State/INR analyst and Pol/Econ Chief that, while Ivorians support the Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA),their optimism could wane if they do not begin to see concrete steps on its implementation. However, ther [...]	2007-10-24 14:03:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV IV
07ABIDJAN1094	THE COUNTERFEIT DOLLAR AFFAIR - GBAGBO ENTOURAGE [...] (C) Summary. On October 11, police and prosecutors made public allegations that a counterfeit US dollar ring had been broken up in Abidjan. Three high-level officials close to the President were implicated by the accused owner of the premises in which the evidence had been found. The next [...]	2007-10-26 07:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KCRM IV
07ABIDJAN135	COTE D'IVOIRE'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The performance of Cote d'Ivoire's banking system in the government-controlled south has stabilized since the beginning of the political crisis in 2002. Profitability is relatively strong and the total asset base has recently grown modestly. However, these results mask a tr [...]	2007-02-06 13:17:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD IV
07ABIDJAN14	COTE D'IVOIRE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Cote d,Ivoire,s economy is projected to increase by 2 percent in 2007, slightly higher than 1.8 percent in 2006. The main contributors of the growth are higher export earnings from oil and refined products, cocoa revenues and proceeds from the telecommunications sector. Despite the [...]	2007-01-05 16:39:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC USTR KTDB ECON ETRD
07ABIDJAN318	ENGAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The Ouaga Accords have forced international and private financial institutions to react. World Bank staff is anxious to find a mechanism to disburse USD 104 million in DDR funds. The IMF is equally anxious to pry open government oil, gas and cocoa accounts as a precursor to a [...]	2007-03-23 18:40:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IV

07ABIDJAN503	WORLD BANK, IMF, AFDB PUSH COTE D'IVOIRE, DONORS [...] (C) Summary. The IFIs are pressing a coordinated effort to address Cote d'Ivoire's $450 million in arrears to the World Bank in order to allow reengagement by the Bretton Woods institutions. The outlines of the deal were put forth in the recent aide memoire signed in Washington between Ivo [...]	2007-05-14 17:09:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IV
07ABIDJAN633	COMPAORE CHAIRS OUAGA ACCORD'S FIRST "PERMANENT [...] (C) Summary. OPA facilitator Compaore hosted the first Permanent Consultative Mechanism (CPC) on June 12, bringing together Gbagbo, Soro, Ouattara and Bedie. Members issued a brief, harmonious press statement that touched on key questions of DDR and dismantlement of the militias, as well a [...]	2007-06-18 18:59:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC IV
07ABIDJAN863	COTE D'IVOIRE: VISIT OF STAFFDELS SMITH AND CLACK [...] (C) Summary. Shannon Smith, Majority Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Mark Clack, Foreign Relations Staff Member for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Cote d'Ivoire August 10-15. Smith and Clack conducted a review of programs under the Presi [...]	2007-08-17 09:33:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KDEM IV
07ABIDJAN880	ASSESSING THE STRENGTH OF THE FORCES NOUVELLES, [...] (C) Summary. An Embassy team composed of Charge Vicki Huddleston and Econ Chief Ervin Massinga to the Bouake and Korhogo regions, both under Forces Nouvelles (FN) control, and spoke to United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI),non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Rassamblement [...]	2007-08-21 16:55:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO IV
07ABIDJAN900	COTE D'IVOIRE: VIEWS ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Director of the Presidential Cabinet Sarata Ottro Toure told Poloff August 23 that President Laurent Gbagbo is committed to holding elections and that it is possible to hold elections by December 2007 or January 2008. Toure said that, since the 2000 elections were the most [...]	2007-08-24 17:29:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IV
07ABIDJAN906	COTE D'IVOIRE: UDPCI SECGEN FORECASTS VIOLENCE IF [...] (C) Summary. Alassane Salif N'Diaye, Secretary General of the opposition political party Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire (Union Pour la Democratie et pour la Paix en Cote d'Ivoire - UDPCI),told Poloffs August 24 that the UDPCI supports the Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA),but [...]	2007-08-28 13:59:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IV
07ABIDJAN913	WORLD BANK, EU LEAD DONORS' POST CONFLICT EFFORTS; [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank, European Union (EU) and the United National Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) held two closely-related meetings in the past 10 days on post-crisis coordination, where participants were unanimous in their frustration at the slow pace of progress. Identification [...]	2007-08-29 16:54:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IDB IV PREL
07ABIDJAN927	COTE D IVOIRE: OUATTARA ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY [...] (U) Former Ivorian Prime Minister and long-time President of the Rassemblement des Republicains (RDR) party Alassane Ouattara announced his candidacy for the Ivorian presidential election during an August 25 speech in Paris to RDR supporters in Europe. (Note: the date of the election has not [...]	2007-09-04 07:45:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IV
07ABIDJAN935	ELECTIONS PLANNING IN COTE D'IVOIRE: WHO'S IN [...] (C) Summary: The composition and responsibilities of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI),the main body responsible for organizing elections in Cote d'Ivoire, has been highly politicized and subject to contentious infighting since the crisis erupted in 2002. The CEI is composed of memb [...]	2007-09-05 16:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UN IV
07ABIDJAN955	COTE D'IVOIRE: FPI THINKS ELECTIONS WILL SOLVE [...] (C) Summary. Ivorian Popular Front (Front Populaire Ivoirien - FPI) Secretary General Sylvain Miaka Ouretto told Poloff September 7 that the FPI is not "against France," but that France should treat Cote d'Ivoire as a partner. Ouretto said elections are the solution to Cote d'Ivoire's crisis [...]	2007-09-11 16:54:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IV
07ABIDJAN962	COTE D'IVOIRE: FRANCE'S VIEW [...] (C) Summary. French Deputy Chief of Mission Sebastien Minot told Poloff September 11 that the differences in the positions of the Ivorian government and the Forces Nouvelles on disarmament and identification may be difficult to reconcile and could derail the Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA) [...]	2007-09-13 16:41:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV FR
07ABIDJAN969	COTE D'IVOIRE: PHYSICIANS STRIKE [...] Public sector physicians were on strike September 4-13, demanding a two-fold wage increase. Responding to pressure from the government and public, the leader of the doctors' union (Syndicat des Cadres Superieurs de la Sante de Cote d'Ivoire - SYNACASS/CI) announced an eight-day suspension of [...]	2007-09-14 17:18:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV IV
07ABUDHABI1119	FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, IRAQ, FOREIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah (AbZ) on July 2 to urge UAEG measures to stem the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and to persuade the Syrian government to do more on this matter. AbZ undertook to engage Bashar al Assad on taking action against the travel o [...]	2007-07-03 11:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KNNP MCAP PINS PARM CJAN ETRD ETTC KPAO
07ABUDHABI1177	FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH ON GCC +2, SYRIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) on July 14 evening to discuss the planned GCC 2 meeting (Ref A),his upcoming trip to Syria with UAE President Khalifa, and Pakistan. END SUMMARY. GCC 2; Israeli-Palestinian Issue ----------------------- [...]	2007-07-16 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IS SY PK AE
07ABUDHABI1191	UAE REACTION TO POTUS 7/16 REMARKS [...] (C) Reactions from UAE political contacts on President Bush's July 16 call for an international coference on the Middle East have been generally positive, although UAE media reaction has been skeptical. Ambassador spoke with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed twice on 7/17 evening v [...]	2007-07-18 09:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL AE
07ABUDHABI1207	UAE STATEMENT ON POTUS 7/16 REMARKS; POTUS CALL TO [...] On July 18, the UAE's official news agency, WAM, released the following statement: Begin text. Khalifa Received Telephone Call From President Bush President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan received here (Paris) Wednesday a telephone call from US President George W. Bush. Dur [...]	2007-07-19 09:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAL AE
07ABUDHABI141	UAE RED CRESCENT ON AID TO LEBANON AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) On January 30, Econoff spoke with Dr. Saleh Al Ta,ie, head of the Relief and Emergency Department at the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) regarding the UAE,s recent aid to Lebanon and Afghanistan. Dr. Al Ta,ie said that the UAE,s $300 million pledge to Lebanon, announced at the Paris Co [...]	2007-01-30 12:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1413	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ AND THE U.S. OCCUPATION; REPORT ON [...] SUMMARY: A UAE writer in "Al-Khaleej" opines that America has become bored as a result of its failure to accomplish its objectives in Iraq. "Al-Khaleej" does not believe that dragging other countries, such as Britain, the U.N. and recently France, into Iraq will help solve the Iraqi crisis an [...]	2007-08-23 13:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1656	SHEIKH KHALIFA EXPRESSES "KEEN SUPPORT" FOR LEBANESE [...] (SBU) On October 1 Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora met with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss UAE support for Lebanon's stabilization, reconstruction, and security. Siniora's visit is part of a regional tour with a first stop in the UAE. Among topics discussed w [...]	2007-10-02 14:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAD LE AE
07ABUDHABI1999	UAE Foreign Minister on Paris Donors' Conference, Iran, and [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with Ambassador December 13 afternoon, Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) covered regional issues, including support for the Palestinian Authority, the Iranian President's appearance at the recent GCC Summit, the NIE, and the need to encourage rapid Lebanese p [...]	2007-12-13 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL PARM MNUC KNNP IS IR AE
07ABUDHABI324	UAE OFFICIALS SIGN AGREEMENT FOR $300 MILLION LOAN TO [...] (U) On February 20, 2007, the UAE signed an agreement to extend a $300 million "easy-term" loan to Lebanon, which the UAE pledged at the January 25 Paris donors' conference. According to local press reports, the loan will be repayable in 20 years at a 2.5 percent interest rate plus 0.5 percent [...]	2007-02-25 14:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM LE AE
07ABUDHABI33	MEDIA REACTION: EXECUTION OF SADDAM/RICE'S VISIT TO MIDDLE [...] Summary: A UAE columnist in "Al-Khaleej" discussed the losses born by Bush: "Though pleased with Saddam's execution, Bush will be very disappointed when the American project in Iraq fails." "Al-Khaleej" front page described Rice's visit to Palestine as "a bribe" to get Arabs "to support the [...]	2007-01-10 10:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI35	FM ABDULLAH VISITS TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: During a January 9 visit to Tehran, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) met with Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to discuss "regional cooperation and stability." AbZ told Ambassador that he made a "forceful" argument to [...]	2007-01-10 14:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI368	UAE 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of April 2006 through March 2007. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of reftel paragraphs 27-30. Embassy TIP point o [...]	2007-03-05 15:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
07ABUDHABI53	URGING GULF ENGAGEMENT AT PARIS DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On several occasions, Ambassador has urged UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) to have the UAE to demonstrate a high level of support for Lebanon both by sending a ministerial level delegation to the meeting and by providing a strong show of financial support f [...]	2007-01-16 12:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL LE AE
07ABUDHABI63	PM SINIORA VISIT TO ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora concluded a very positive visit to the UAE on January 16, with a one-on-one meeting with UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, meetings with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, other UAE officials, and the Lebanese ex [...]	2007-01-17 14:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON LE AE
07ABUDHABI683	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT ON IRAQ (ICI) - UAE ATTENDANCE AND [...] (C) On April 19 Ambassador spoke to UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) to press for high level attendance at the May 3 International Compact on Iraq, preferably AbZ himself. Ambassador also raised the issue of UAE's forgiveness of Iraqi debt (Paris Club terms, following Saudi Arabia's April 17 ann [...]	2007-04-24 15:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN IR PGOV PREL IZ AE
07ABUDHABI90	UAE MINSTATE FINANCE AND AMF HEAD ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) On January 22, Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Timothy Adams, Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner, Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, and Econchief met with UAE Minstate Finance Dr. Mohammed Khalfan bin Kharbash. Adams told Dr. Kharbash that the U.S. planned to come to th [...]	2007-01-24 09:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL LE AE
07ABUDHABI97	U/S BURNS' JANUARY 22 MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (S) Summary. UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) sketched for U/S Burns his impressions during a January 9 visit to Tehran. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) in a wide-ranging discussion expressed strong reservations about free elections in the Middle East, stating that greater democra [...]	2007-01-24 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL ETTC IZ IR IS SY LE AE
07ABUJA122	NIGERIA: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The following information is Nigeria's 2007 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- With an estimated population of 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domest [...]	2007-01-19 10:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB EINV ETRD EFIN OPIC USTR NI
07ABUJA1353	NIGERIA: CURRENT DEBT PROFILE AND FUTURE DEBT PLANS [...] Summary. On June 11, Econ and EXIM bank officers met with Nigeria's Debt Management Office (DMO). The Government of Nigeria's (GON) external debt as of March 2007 stood at $3.287 billion, of which 87% was held by multilateral institutions. Domestic debt totaled 1.87 trillion naira ($14.7 bi [...]	2007-06-26 15:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
07ABUJA151	2007 BUDGET UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: On January 8, 2007, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) held a briefing discussing the 2007 budget. President Obasanjo submitted the budget to the National Assembly (NA) on October 11, 2006 and it was passed on December 20, 2006. The budget cycle for the GON is by calendar year and this i [...]	2007-01-24 10:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON NI
07ABUJA1954	THE FOURTH AND FINAL IMF REVIEW OF NIGERIA'S PSI [...] (SBU) Summary. In its fourth Nigeria review, the IMF will recommend a positive outcome and noted satisfaction with overall macroeconomic figures. The third review had a few benchmarks that were not met, one of which questioned a $200 million loan from the Chinese Export Import Bank. Data from [...]	2007-09-10 13:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON EPET PINR NI
07ABUJA1973	GON WILL CONSIDER DEBT RELIEF FOR LIBERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2007 Ambassador Gribbin, accompanied by EconCouns and EconOff, delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of State for Finance, Aderemi Babalola. Babalola said the GON would consider the USG request that Nigeria forgive $44 million in arrears that Liberia owes t [...]	2007-09-12 14:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET LI NI PREL
07ABUJA2108	NIGERIA - 2008 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 140 million. 2005 GNI was $74.2 billion; 2005 GNI per capita was $560 (World Bank 2006 Data). Nigeria continues to struggle to consolidate democracy during handover from civili [...]	2007-10-02 12:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA ECON NI
07ABUJA2309	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, U.S. Mission Nigeria welcomes your November 11-13 visit to Abuja. Your visit comes during a period of relative political calm as President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua nears the end of his first six months in office. With his cabinet finally in place, Yar'Adua's new administration [...]	2007-10-31 16:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMIL ECON EPET KDEM NI
07ABUJA2322	NIGERIA: PILOTING THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria is an admittedly risky environment in which to pilot a new governance initiative, particularly at the state level. Despite the risk, the establishment of better governance in Nigeria can have positive spillover effects for the rest of West Africa and the continent as a [...]	2007-11-01 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EUN OECD NI
07ABUJA2369	NIGERIA 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2008 National Trade Estimate. Trade Summary ------------- 2. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $25.7 billion in 2006, an increase of $3.1 billion from $22.6 billion in 2005. U.S. goods exports in 2006 were $2.2 billion, up 37.6 percent [...]	2007-11-13 12:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN NI
07ABUJA2417	NIGERIA: 2008 BUDGET SHIFT TO INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Summary: President Umar Musa Yar'adua presented to the National Assembly (NA) his 2008 federal government budget of $21.11 billion (2.47 trillion naira - exchange rate of 117 naira to one dollar) on November 8. The 2008 budget is a 6.5% increase from 2007 budget. The 2008 budget is nearl [...]	2007-11-19 15:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV NI
07ABUJA426	THE THIRD IMF REVIEW OF NIGERIA'S PSI [...] Summary. On March 3, 2007, the IMF held a briefing of the 3rd review of the Policy Support Instrument (PSI). Michael Bell, IMF Senior Resident Representative, stated that the report is still a work-in-progress and that discussions with the GON are at an interim stage, but the IMF has seen good [...]	2007-03-06 17:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD ECON PINR NI
07ABUJA608	NIGERIA: FALLING BEHIND MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS [...] Summary. Nigeria is not on track to meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) due to a lack of policy coordination between the federal, state and local governments. A major impediment is the lack of staff available to implement and monitor MDG projects. The Government of Nigeria (GON) ha [...]	2007-03-29 11:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV NI
07ABUJA628	NIGERIA'S ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of elections, from some angles Nigeria's economic performance looks impressive: low debt, high reserves, strong export earnings, stable inflation, GDP per capita up, strong non-oil sector growth, improved budget management, and increasingly modern banking all form the b [...]	2007-03-30 14:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN ENRG EAID SOCI NI
07ABUJA887	PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S FORUM ON ECONOMIC STAKEHOLDERS [...] Summary. In April, President Obasanjo hosted a "Presidential Forum with Stakeholders of the Economy". Presentations were made by key ministries and government agencies giving a glowing tribute to Obasanjo's leadership. The general theme was that there had been progress, but many challenges r [...]	2007-05-07 15:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PINR NI
07ACCRA1375	UNSC DISCUSSIONS IN GHANA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and other members of the UN Security Council visited Ghana as part of a five-day African tour. They met as a group with Foreign Minster Nana Akufo-Addo and President John Kufuor. Akufo-Addo was encouraged by recent progress in Sudan and [...]	2007-06-20 17:06:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH PGOV PREL SO SU AU UNSC KPKO
07ACCRA1455	PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS WITH AFRICAN LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield, head of the U.S. delegation to the 28-July 2 African Union Summit in Accra, held bilateral meetings on the margins of the Summit with the Foreign Ministers of Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Botswana, as well as with the Presidents of Lib [...]	2007-07-03 16:02:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	BF BO ER ET GH JA LI PREL RW SO SU TZ UG
07ACCRA1585	A/S FRAZER'S MEETINGS IN GHANA: SUDAN, SOMALIA, AU [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the July 18-19 AGOA Forum in Accra, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Jendayi Frazer and NSC Special Assistant to the President on African Affairs Bobby Pittman met with senior GOG officials, including outgoing Foreign Minister Akufo-Addo and President Kuf [...]	2007-07-25 17:09:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	AU GH PGOV PREL SO SU
07ACCRA1664	GHANA SUPPORTS UNESCO RESOLUTION [...] On August 2, poloff delivered reftel talking points and information to Worwornyo Agyemang, Acting Director of the Bureau of International Organizations and Conferences at the MFA. Agyemang said that while Ghana supported the UNESCO resolution, she would have to confer with her superiors in the [...]	2007-08-07 15:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO GH
07ACCRA2385	Ghana - National Trade Estimate 2008 [...] Summary. This cable contains Embassy Ghana's submission for the 2008 National Trade Estimate Report. As instructed reftel, a copy in Word format was submitted via e-mail to USTR. End Summary. 2. Begin Text of National Trade Estimate: TRADE SUMMARY ------------- (Not updated, per r [...]	2007-11-09 07:58:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECON GH
07ADDISABABA1016	REPRESENTATIVE MCGOVERN MEETS PM TO DISCUSS FOOD [...] In response to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles' concern for the urban poor, Representative James McGovern (Massachusetts) explained to the Prime Minister that the Embassy and USAID could advocate for more food aid for the urban poor by arguing that it is an emergency food need. The Congressman [...]	2007-04-05 12:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA1017	SOMALIA: DEPUTY FM TEKEDA DISCUSSES ETHIOPIA'S ROLE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador met State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu, Ethiopia's point person on Somalia negotiations, on April 4 to review Ethiopia's approach to the Hawiye clan and reconciliation, and later with National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) chief Getachew. [...]	2007-04-05 12:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA1079	SOMALIA: TFG REACHES OUT TO HAWIYE, BUT PLANS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, Abdulkarim Farah, disputed reports of inter-clan tensions between the Darood (President Abdullahi Yusuf's clan) and Hawiye who control Mogadishu, asserting they were exaggerated by disenchanted Hawiye/Habr-Gedir/Ay [...]	2007-04-11 08:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EAID KDEM ET SO QA CA
07ADDISABABA1097	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES POSITIVE ON HAWIYE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles called in Ambassador for an April 10 private meeting to discuss Somalia. He stated that Ethiopian military (ENDF) operations in the Hawiye-controlled northern Mogadishu area against extremist elements were costly but successful, resulting in the H [...]	2007-04-12 12:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1104	ETHIOPIA: BENCH RULES CUD LEADERS MUST ANSWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of rulings between April 4-9, the High Court dismissed charges of "attempted" genocide and treason against all defendants in the nearly year-long trial of opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society represent [...]	2007-04-12 15:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA1105	AMIR MESHAL: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: see paragraph 6. 2. (S/NF) The Government of Ethiopia plans to hold an initial hearing on Friday, April 13, for most of the remaining suspected foreign fighters caught in Somalia by Ethiopian troops, or transferred from Kenya to Ethiopia via Somalia's Transitional Federa [...]	2007-04-12 15:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR CASC PTER ET SO KWCI KJUS KHLS
07ADDISABABA1130	AMIR MESHAL: STATUS OF DECISION [...] (S/NF) Per reftel, Ambassador delivered reftel points to Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum on April 13. FM Seyoum responded that the GOE would work in close consultation with the USG on this case in the coming days. MFA acting Director General for Europe and America Almaz Ameha said she would [...]	2007-04-13 15:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	CASC EAIR KHLS KAWC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA1131	SOMALI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DETAINED FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an April 11 press conference in Addis Ababa, Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia Abdikarin Farah acknowledged that 41 suspected foreign terrorists had been captured in Somalia and were in Ethiopian custody, and that another 200 were being de [...]	2007-04-13 15:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM KISL KAWC KJUS SO ET
07ADDISABABA1147	ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin briefed Ambassador April 13 on his personal protest to European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel on a report leaked in Nairobi of the Commission's intent to investigate war crimes against Ethiopia and Somal [...]	2007-04-16 14:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS ET SO
07ADDISABABA1166	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION LEADERS EXPRESS FRUSTRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with opposition parliamentary leaders, Ambassador explained planned USG Title 1 food assistance to help relieve economic strain on urban poor and solicited leaders' views on political openness outside Addis Ababa. Ambassador noted that the food would be used to co [...]	2007-04-17 12:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
07ADDISABABA1208	AMIR MESHAL: EMBASSY ADDIS FORWARDS DIPLOMATIC [...] (S/NF) While Department notified Embassy not to issue any diplomatic note requesting Meshal,s release until further notice, post has, on its own authority, forwarded a diplomatic note informing the government of Ethiopia that there are plans to transport Meshal to the U.S. on Friday, April 20. [...]	2007-04-19 13:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	CASC EAIR KHLS KWAC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA1221	ETHIOPIA: COMBATING COUNTERFEITING AND MONEY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In response to the discovery in Germany of counterfeit U.S. currency ("supernotes") from Ethiopia over two years ago, the Treasury Department in coordination with the Secret Service and the State Department began working with Ethiopia's central bank. In the near future, Treasur [...]	2007-04-19 15:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	EFIN KCRM SNAR KN ET GM
07ADDISABABA1222	ETHIOPIA: MFA HIGHLIGHTS COUNTER-TERRORISM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 18 courtesy call, newly appointed Ethiopian MFA Counselor for Europe and America Tebege Berhe said conditions in Somalia had improved over the previous month, but that military operations remained "incomplete," having been curtailed due to concern about civilian casua [...]	2007-04-19 15:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1225	ETHIOPIA: MFA HIGHLIGHTS COUNTER-TERRORISM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 18 courtesy call, newly appointed Ethiopian MFA Counselor for Europe and America Tebege Berhe said conditions in Somalia had improved over the previous month, but that military operations remained "incomplete," having been curtailed due to concern about civilian casua [...]	2007-04-20 04:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1234	SOMALIA: TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, visiting Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf said the security situation in Somalia was improving, but that Council of Islamic Court (CIC) remnants in Mogadishu continued to provoke the TFG. While the [...]	2007-04-20 13:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET DJ QA EG IR
07ADDISABABA1235	ETHIOPIA: STATE MINISTER TEKEDA ADDRESSES NWC [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 14:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM ET ER SO CH
07ADDISABABA1275	ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR ERITREA [...] (U) Post responses are provided per ref A. A. (S/NF) WHAT ARE ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR DEALING WITH ERITREAN PRESIDENT ISAIAS AND THE BORDER IMPASSE? ---------------------- PERCEPTIONS OF ERITREA ---------------------- 2. (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles and the hard-core elemen [...]	2007-04-24 12:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PINS PBTS ET ER XW
07ADDISABABA1277	ETHIOPIA: RELIABLE REPORTS OF TORTURE OF SOME [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting, respected local NGO leader Pastor Daniel Gebraselassie (strictly protect) confirmed reports by Amnesty International of arrests and police beatings of a group of teachers. However, he told Poloff and officials from European Embassies that the numbers were [...]	2007-04-24 14:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PHUM PTER PGOV ET ER
07ADDISABABA1279	ETHIOPIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a courtesy call with the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abuna Paulos, Ambassador discussed the importance of the upcoming Ethiopian millennium as a means to bring all Ethiopians together in the name of reconciliation. The Patriarch echoed this view, saying that [...]	2007-04-24 15:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KREL ET ER
07ADDISABABA1308	ETHIOPIA: ONLF KILLINGS/KIDNAPPINGS OF CHINESE OIL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has for the past six months threatened attacks on economic development projects in Ethiopia's Somali (Ogaden) Region being conducted by foreign workers, especially oil exploration. In a shift in tactics in recent months, NGO workers [...]	2007-04-27 09:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PTER PINS ECON EPET ASEC PREF ET CH
07ADDISABABA1309	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USARCENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. engagement with Ethiopia focuses on the objectives of bolstering democratic institutions and processes and the protection of human rights; enhancing regional security and fighting terrorism; and supporting economic reform and development, breaking the cycle of food insecurit [...]	2007-04-27 12:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID MASS KDEM ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1348	ETHIOPIA: LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 27, Minister of Transportation and Communication Juneidi Sado and State Minister Getachew Mengiste met with Ambassador and poloff to discuss the state of Ethiopia's information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and capacity building. Minister Juneidi sa [...]	2007-05-03 08:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS EINT ET DJ CH SU XW
07ADDISABABA1349	SOMALIA: ETHIOPIA POSITIVE ON JOINT U.S.-ETHIOPIA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopia State Minister of Foreign Affairs Takeda noted to Ambassador May 2 that Ethiopia is positive on joint approaches with the U.S. to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on common messages to promote inter-clan dialogue. The approaches must be quiet, behind-t [...]	2007-05-03 08:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA1353	ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian military candidate who has been nominated for USG-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (SBU) The candidate has been nominated to [...]	2007-05-03 12:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PMIL PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA1365	ETHIOPIA: PM AND FM ON SOMALIA, WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with Prime Minister Meles and Foreign Minister Seyoum on May 3, Somalia and follow-up to the Foreign Minister,s recent trip to Washington were key discussion topics with the Ambassador. The Prime Minister was concerned about the porous and open Kenyan-Soma [...]	2007-05-04 11:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER CASC ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1381	ETHIOPIA: GOE ADDRESSES RELIGIOUS CONFLICT IN JIMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a three-day visit to the Jima area in Ethiopia's Oromiya Region, Poloff and FSN met with local government and religious leaders to better understand the causes of recurrent religious conflicts, including an October 2006 machete attack by Muslims that killed or injured 36 Chr [...]	2007-05-08 04:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KISL KIRF ET
07ADDISABABA1397	SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On May 4, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale updated Ambassador and poloff on his recent visit to Europe to promote Somaliland's external relations with potential donors, and ongoing consultations with Ethiopia on cross-border counter-terrorism cooperation. FM Dual [...]	2007-05-08 10:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PBTS PTER EAID KDEM ET SO DJ
07ADDISABABA1406	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USCENTCOM CDR [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. engagement with Ethiopia focuses on the objectives of bolstering democratic institutions and processes and the protection of human rights; enhancing regional security and fighting terrorism; and supporting economic reform and development, breaking the cycle of food insecurit [...]	2007-05-08 15:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID MASS KDEM ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1436	ETHIOPIA: DEFENDANTS PONDER DEFENSE IN CUD TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 49 remaining defendants in the case against opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society representatives are now contemplating whether to defend their case. The group had previously indicated that they "do not recogn [...]	2007-05-11 06:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA1456	AF DAS SWAN CONSULTATIONS ON SOMALIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In May 11 consultations with AF DAS Swan and Ambassador Yates, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu agreed that the current success of military operations in Somalia afforded a short-term opportunity for Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Abdull [...]	2007-05-15 05:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SO ET EG
07ADDISABABA1457	AF DAS SWAN CONSULTATIONS ON SOMALIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In May 11 consultations with AF DAS Swan and Ambassador Yates, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu agreed that the current success of military operations in Somalia afforded a short-term opportunity for Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Abdull [...]	2007-05-15 05:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SO ET EG
07ADDISABABA1500	SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN STATE MINISTER TEKEDA PROPOSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu informed Ambassador on May 16 that the GOE believed that Mogadishu was the most effective venue for a joint U.S.-GOE approach to Somali President Yusuf on political engagement of Hawiye leaders, as it would provide an opportunity to [...]	2007-05-16 14:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID ET SO
07ADDISABABA1507	SOMALI AMBASSADOR TO ETHIOPIA HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 16 meeting with ORA analysts and deputy pol-econ counselor, Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, offered his frank perspectives on TFG relations with the Hawiye clan, a [...]	2007-05-18 04:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO SO ET BY
07ADDISABABA1510	ETHIOPIA: POSITIVE MESSAGE ON THE EEBC PROCESS, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles and other senior officials expressed their deep concern to the Ambassador over the November 30 deadline set by the Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) for final demarcation of the border by "coordinates." The GOE wants to avoid anther border war wi [...]	2007-05-18 13:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA1531	SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN STATE MINISTER TEKEDA DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a follow-up to May 11 consultations with AF DAS Swan, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda presented a GOE non-paper on May 15 to visiting Ambassador John Yates and Ambassador, expressing Ethiopia's shared concerns about the need for Transitional Federal Government of Som [...]	2007-05-21 13:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA1534	ETHIOPIA: ADMIRAL FALLON AND PRIME MINISTER MELES [...] (S/NF) At the conclusion of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral William J. Fallon's discussion with Prime Minister Meles on May 11 (septel),Admiral Fallon and the Ambassador (note-taker) spoke in private with the Prime Minister as other participants left the room. Admiral Fallon [...]	2007-05-21 15:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MASS CASC KPAO ET
07ADDISABABA1535	ETHIOPIA: BROKEN PROMISES, UNMET EXPECTATIONS -- [...] (S/NF) U.S.-Ethiopian mil-to-mil relations, specifically security assistance, are currently facing their most difficult challenges in the eleven years the Ambassador has observed U.S.-Ethiopian relations. The deterioration is an accumulation of missteps, misunderstandings, and misreadings of [...]	2007-05-21 16:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS ET US SO
07ADDISABABA1549	SOMALIA: AF DAS SWAN CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 11, Jean-Christophe Belliard, Personal Envoy for Somalia of EU High Representative for Foreign and Defense Policy Javier Solana, informed visiting AF DAS Jim Swan and Special Envoy to Somalia-designate Ambassador John Yates of recent consultations held separately with Ethi [...]	2007-05-22 14:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL ET SO
07ADDISABABA1558	ETHIOPIA: MELES TELLS ADMIRAL FALLON "TIDE HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Meles told visiting CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon on May 11 that after a "second round" of fighting in Somalia in mid-April, the "tide had turned" against "jihadist insurgents" and in favor of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Meles acknowledged that th [...]	2007-05-23 07:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER ET SO ER
07ADDISABABA1578	MINISTER DIRIR DISCUSSES ETHIOPIAN INTERESTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In May 15 consultations with visiting Special Envoy to Somalia-designate Ambassador John Yates and deputy pol-econ counselor (note-taker),Ethiopia's Minister for Culture and Tourism, Ambassador Mohamoud Dirir (the most prominent ethnic Ethiopian-Somali in Ethiopia's federal gove [...]	2007-05-23 12:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SO ET DJ
07ADDISABABA1608	SOMALIA: SPEAKER OF TRANSITIONAL FEDERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sheikh Adan Mohammed Nur, Speaker of Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP),led a 18-member parliamentary delegation to Addis Ababa this week to meet with Ethiopian MPs and GOE principals, including PM Meles and FM Seyoum. In a May 24 meeting with Ambassador, Nur said [...]	2007-05-25 08:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA1684	ETHIOPIA: DETAINED CUD OPPOSITION LEADER UNDERGOES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, detained Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) chairman Hailu Shawel underwent eye surgery as a follow-up to treatment he received in February 2006 for a detached retina. As there are no properly trained ophthalmologic surgeons in Ethiopia, and there was a risk of [...]	2007-06-01 15:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA170	ETHIOPIA SENTENCES DERGUE LEADERS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT [...] SUMMARY: Ethiopia's 12-year trial of former Dergue officials concluded on December 12, 2006, with the conviction of dictator Mengistu Hailemariam and 56 other members of his Communist regime on charges of genocide and murder. A single defendant was acquitted. During their 17-year reign, the De [...]	2007-01-23 05:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS ET
07ADDISABABA171	SOMALIA: REDEPLOYMENT OF ETHIOPIAN TROOPS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador and DATT met with ENDF Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Samora Yonus on Ethiopia's decision to redeploy troops at a critical juncture in operations to capture/neutralize extremist elements of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). General Samora provided an [...]	2007-01-23 06:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR PREF ET SO KE
07ADDISABABA173	SOMALIA: MSF PROTESTS ALLEGED ETHIOPIAN MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The humanitarian NGO, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders),has protested the alleged December 26-27, 2006, occupation of its hospital in Dinsor, Somalia, by the Ethiopian military, asserting that Ethiopian troops harassed and intimidated MSF local staff and confisc [...]	2007-01-23 08:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER MOPS SO ET
07ADDISABABA1744	ETHIOPIA-SOMALILAND: PRESIDENT KAHIN KEEPS HIS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin said he kept his promise by releasing a detained Somalilander of interest to the USG. The release was kept quiet with most of his own cabinet kept in the dark. President Kahin and Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale stressed their hope [...]	2007-06-05 09:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER SO ET DJ YM
07ADDISABABA1745	ETHIOPIA: TERRORIST THREATS AND PLACING THE ONLF [...] (S/NF) Ethiopia's heightened security alerts in response to the kidnappings of British Embassy staff and Ethiopian guides by Afar rebels in February; the killings of Chinese and Ethiopian oil workers by the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) last month; and grenade attacks last week in Ji [...]	2007-06-05 09:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL ET
07ADDISABABA1767	ETHIOPIA: AMBASSADOR AND SENIOR EPRDF OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 1 meeting, Minister Bereket Simon, Special Advisor to PM Meles, praised Ambassador for his work in strengthening bilateral ties, emphasizing that the relationship is currently stronger than it had been in years. Bereket said the GoE hoped to use this trajectory to enhan [...]	2007-06-06 11:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA1771	SOMALI PRIME MINISTER GHEDI DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 31, Somali Prime Minister Ghedi affirmed the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) commitment to power-sharing with all clans, but noted that the Hawiye Leadership Committee represented neither the general interests of the Hawiye community nor traditional Somali leader [...]	2007-06-06 15:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET
07ADDISABABA181	SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO GERMANY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 22 meeting with deputy pol-econ counselor and German DCM, Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Embassy counselor Abdisalam Warsame Hassan reviewed recent developments in Somalia. TFG President Yusuf had not been harmed by the January 19 mortar attack on the [...]	2007-01-23 14:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SO ET
07ADDISABABA1818	ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERSHIP FOUND GUILTY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, Ethiopia's High Court returned an unexpectedly sudden guilty verdict against 38 opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists, and civil society representatives, detained since November 2005, including CUD Chairman Hailu Shawel and [...]	2007-06-11 16:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA192	ETHIOPIA: PROSECUTION RESTS IN CUD TRIAL - A [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 29, 2006, the prosecution rested its case against detained opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society representatives, ending a 7-month presentation of evidence. The next court session will be on February 19, [...]	2007-01-24 04:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET

07ADDISABABA1924	ETHIOPIAN WOMEN'S PARLIAMENTARY CAUCUS REFLECTS EPRDF'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Established in 2006, the Ethiopian Women's Parliamentary Caucus comprises one-fifth of the members of Ethiopia's House of Peoples' Representatives (117 of 547 seats),and underscores how the number of women in Ethiopia's Parliament has tripled following the May 2005 national ele [...]	2007-06-21 08:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KWMN ET
07ADDISABABA1941	SOMALIA: STATE MINISTER TEKEDA REITERATES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a June 19 meeting with Ambassador, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu underscored the need for Somalia's Hawiye clan to reconcile internal differences among its own sub-clans as well as to engage politically with other prominent clans. Tekeda cited security con [...]	2007-06-21 15:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA1960	UNSC-AFRICAN UNION DISCUSSIONS IN ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Commission Chairperson Konare urgently requested visiting UN Security Council representatives to provide funding for African peacekeeping forces in Darfur and Somalia. Konare, AU Commissioners, and African Ambassadors highlighted capacity and financial limitation [...]	2007-06-23 14:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU SO
07ADDISABABA1961	ETHIOPIA: REACHING OUT TO THE OLF AND CUTTING [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Norwegian Church Aid representatives Arne Saeveraas and Hans Birkeland told Ambassador June 21 that while there was little progress on their mediation efforts between the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Ethiopian Government, they were keeping lines of communications open. [...]	2007-06-23 14:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PGOV PINS ER ET
07ADDISABABA1983	ETHIOPIA REQUESTS POLICE PROTECTION FOR EMBASSY IN [...] (C) On June 25, Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, met Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu concerning the "illegal" entry on June 18 of 40 protestors into the Ethiopian Embassy compound in Washington, D.C. Minister Tekeda expressed the GOE,s deep anguish at the lack of police [...]	2007-06-25 16:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC OFDP ET
07ADDISABABA2005	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES TO RELEASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 22, the many months of shuttle diplomacy on the part of Professor Ephraim Isaac to secure release of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) political detainees reached an important milestone. Nearly two weeks after the High Court announced their conviction on crimin [...]	2007-06-26 15:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2006	ETHIOPIAN COFFEE FARMERS TRAPPED IN A CYCLE OF [...] SUMMARY. Ethiopia is often referred to as the birthplace of coffee, and Ethiopians are proud to say that coffee is named after the Kaffa region (currently Oromiya Region),where it was first discovered over 1,000 years ago. Today, Ethiopia produces 300,000 tons of coffee per year. Further, [...]	2007-06-27 06:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON BEXP SOCI ET
07ADDISABABA2027	ETHIOPIA ETHNIC INSURGENCY (C-AL7-01035): [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate briefings to Embassy officers, representatives of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders),as well as USG-funded researchers conducting a regional assessment of Somali issues, have highlighted concerns that the Government of Ethiopia's ongoing counterinsurg [...]	2007-06-27 16:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2049	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER OUTLINES SOMALIA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a June 28 address to Parliament, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles highlighted successes in Somalia, stressing that the upcoming National Reconciliation Congress (NRC),anticipated African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) expansion, and enhanced security for Somalia's Transit [...]	2007-06-28 16:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS ET SO ER
07ADDISABABA205	SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN STATE MINISTER TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda informed Ambassador on January 23 that he was preparing a public statement on the Ethiopian military's withdrawal from Somalia, following consultations between Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Yusuf and Ethiopian [...]	2007-01-24 13:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MASS SO ET KE KN
07ADDISABABA207	ETHIOPIA: USG ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO MEET BURDEN OF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopia's announcement that it will begin withdrawing troops from Somalia highlight the GOE's assessment that it has largely met its strategic objectives. While active engagement by the USG and others in the international community will be required to mobilize and support an [...]	2007-01-24 14:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	EAID PREL MASS KDEM ET SO
07ADDISABABA2110	ETHIOPIA: DIVIDED PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, in a divided vote, Parliament approved PM Meles' nominations for a new National Electoral Board (NEB). The selections for the nine-member board came from a pool of candidates proposed to the PM by the inter-party dialogue between the ruling and opposition parties. Ho [...]	2007-07-05 13:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
07ADDISABABA2137	ETHIOPIA: PROSECUTION RECOMMENDS DEATH PENALTY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 9, the prosecution recommended the death penalty for the 38 opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders and journalists found guilty on June 11 on charges of subversion. However, final sentencing has been postponed until July 16. Meanwhile, the negotiation [...]	2007-07-09 16:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2159	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES COMMENTS ON PRIVATE-SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: A two-day conference organized by the World Bank, donors, and the Ministry of Trade and Industry underscored the GOE's commitment to accelerate private sector and export-led economic growth. Following the conference, Prime Minister Meles met for two hours with selected conference part [...]	2007-07-11 09:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2171	ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH INVITATIONS TO [...] ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 4. 2. On September 11, 2007, Ethiopia, which follows the Julian calendar, will celebrate the New Year and thus the Ethiopian Millennium. The GOE, NGOs, and many private organizations are planning large-scale celebrations (reftel) to mark the event and to focu [...]	2007-07-12 07:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODIP OPDC OVIP KPAO ET
07ADDISABABA2176	ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH INVITATIONS TO [...] ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 4. 2. On September 11, 2007, Ethiopia, which follows the Julian calendar, will celebrate the New Year and thus the Ethiopian Millennium. The GOE, NGOs, and many private organizations are planning large-scale celebrations (reftel) to mark the event and to focu [...]	2007-07-12 09:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODIP OPDC OVIP KPAO ET
07ADDISABABA2177	ETHIOPIA: PROSECUTION RECOMMENDS DEATH PENALTY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 9, the prosecution recommended the death penalty for the 38 opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders and journalists found guilty on June 11 on charges of subversion. However, final sentencing has been postponed until July 16. Meanwhile, the negotiation [...]	2007-07-12 09:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2185	SOMALI TFG AMBASSADOR REVIEWS SOMALILAND, AMISOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, African foreign ministers meeting in Accra unanimously rejected a Ghanaian motion to establish an AU committee to examine Soma [...]	2007-07-13 08:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET ER AU BN
07ADDISABABA2195	ETHIOPIA: ELDERS ANTICIPATE JULY 16 AMNESTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Professor Ephraim Isaac, the lead negotiator from the team of Ethiopian Elders working on release of the CUD detainees, has returned to Addis Ababa for the conclusion of the trial, and the anticipated pardon announcement by the GoE. During a July 12 meeting with PM Meles, Ephraim [...]	2007-07-13 14:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2196	(C-AL7-01035) UN AGENCIES AND NGOS DISCUSS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador convened a meeting on July 3 of UN agencies and USAID-funded NGOs operating in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, as well as major development partners, to exchange information on current security and humanitarian conditions in the Ogaden and to separate f [...]	2007-07-13 15:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS EAID EAGR MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2197	(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: WFP OFFICIAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. An American security coordinator for the World Food Programme (WFP),who has traveled extensively in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region to coordinate WFP airdrops, assesses that the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) does not seek to target Americans or humanitarian [...]	2007-07-13 17:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV MOPS EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2203	(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGION SUPREME [...] (C/REL UK) SUMMARY. The acting President of the Supreme Court for Ethiopia's Somali Region, Abdurahman Rega, denies any increase in detentions resulting from the GOE's ongoing counterinsurgency campaign against suspected Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels in the Ogaden. A former [...]	2007-07-16 04:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PINS MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2245	ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, in the final session of the trial of the CUD leaders, CUD members, and journalists convicted on June 11, 30 of the 38 defendants were sentenced to life in prison, with the remaining receiving sentences from one to 18 years. The High Court judges noted that while the [...]	2007-07-16 16:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2284	ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERS FREED FROM PRISON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 20, the 38 Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, CUD members and journalists that had been convicted on charges including "Outrages Against the Constitution," were granted a Presidential pardon and released from prison. The release is a result of months of neg [...]	2007-07-20 15:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2285	(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: UN AGENCIES ALLEGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs report that Somali Region authorities have decided to allow the delivery of emergency food relief--presumably under military escort--to 5 zones in the Ogaden where military operations are ongoing. However, the UN and NGOs also note that the Ethi [...]	2007-07-20 17:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS MOPS EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA232	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ETHIOPIAN VIEWS ON AU [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador delivered ref A points on January 23 to State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu. Minister Tekeda highlighted that while Ethiopia believed selecting Sudanese President Bashir as African Union Assembly Chair was not desirable for the AU, Ethiopia could not openly [...]	2007-01-25 17:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU SU ET ER
07ADDISABABA233	SOMALIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES URGES DIPLOMACY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles called the USG's AC-130 strike "terrific" in targeting extremists without any civilian casualties, but termed the Washington Post press report--less than 24 hours after the strike--as unacceptable. The leak comes as Meles hosts the African Union summit wit [...]	2007-01-25 17:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS MASS ET SO
07ADDISABABA234	SOMALIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES URGES DIPLOMACY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles called the USG's AC-130 strike "terrific" in targeting extremists without any civilian casualties, but termed the Washington Post press report--less than 24 hours after the strike--as unacceptable. The leak comes as Meles hosts the African Union summit wit [...]	2007-01-25 17:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR MOPS MASS ET SO
07ADDISABABA2343	(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: EMERGENCY FOOD RELIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNOCHA Head of Office Paul Hebert reported that government officials had decided on July 21 to allow emergency food relief to be delivered to the 5 zones in the Ogaden area of the Somali Region where military operations against the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) were ong [...]	2007-07-25 07:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAGR EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2361	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER WEIGHED DOWN BY SOMALI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles, visibly weighed by the past weeks of tough negotiations on the amnesty for 38 high profile opposition leaders jailed since December 2005, and the close oversight of operations in Somalia and the Ogaden, questioned the Ambassador on July 24 over the Ogaden [...]	2007-07-25 15:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PINS CASC EAID MASS MOPS ET SO IS
07ADDISABABA2369	ETHIOPIA: PRESSURED BY HARD-LINERS, GOE LASHES OUT [...] (S/NF) The GOE's expulsion of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from the Somali Region highlights the deep internal cabinet divisions over operations in the Ogaden and extending into the conduct of operations in Somalia, and has implications for relations with the U.S. During [...]	2007-07-26 15:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINS MOPS EAID ET US
07ADDISABABA2376	(C-AL7-01035): ETHIOPIA: GOE ORDERS ICRC TO CLOSE [...] (S) SUMMARY. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirms that Ethiopian officials have ordered the ICRC to close its two offices in the Somali Region, and to immediately dismiss all of its staff in the Somali Region. While portrayed as a decision by regional-level authorities, [...]	2007-07-27 16:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREF PHUM PINS MOPS EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2381	ETHIOPIA: CONFERENCE EXAMINES PROGRESS TOWARD MDGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a half-day seminar, GOE and NGO officials discussed Ethiopia's progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Participants highlighted that Ethiopia had integrated and streamlined MDGs into national development polices and programs, such as the 2002-2005 Su [...]	2007-07-30 07:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KMCA ET
07ADDISABABA2392	SOMALI TFG PRIME MINISTER GHEDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi, accompanied by TFG Foreign Minister Hussein Elabe Fahiye, informed Ambassador on July 27 that earlier meetings with AU Commission Chairperson Konare and French FM Kouchner "went well," with Kouchne [...]	2007-07-30 15:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SO EG QA
07ADDISABABA2393	REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION: PARDONED ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Per 9FAM 40.21(a) N10 "Political Offenses," and Ref B, Post requests formal determination from CA/VO/L/A that the convictions of Berhanu Nega and Yacob Hailemariam constitute "political offenses." These individuals have applied for reinstatement of their LPR status, but f [...]	2007-07-30 16:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2413	(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: TRADE RESTRICTIONS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Results of a Save the Children- UK assessment representing the donors indicate that, in the limited areas assessment teams were able to visit, under current conditions of restrained trade up to 500,000 people in Ethiopia's Somali Region may need food assistance in the upcoming m [...]	2007-08-02 05:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAGR EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2415	NGO VEHICLE HITS LANDMINE IN OGADEN REGION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 29, a vehicle belonging to a nongovernmental organization traveling in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region hit a landmine, resulting in three killed. The landmine incident occurred in an area where the Ethiopian military is conducting ongoing military operations a [...]	2007-08-02 09:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREF MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2439	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) UNOCHA REPORTS EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An August 2 briefing by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reports that despite the recent decision by Somali Region officials to allow emergency food relief to the Ogaden area---where military operations against suspected Ogaden National Libera [...]	2007-08-02 16:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2445	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) ACTIONS AGREED ON OGADEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador convened a meeting on August 3 to address current developments in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, and possible responses by international partners. UN officials, NGO representatives, and key donor missions reviewed the humanitarian and security situation i [...]	2007-08-03 16:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2523	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) SOME COMMERCIAL FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 9, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported that World Food Program (WFP) emergency food relief is now finally en route to the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, with 4 trucks making deliveries, and 32 other trucks anticipated [...]	2007-08-10 12:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV MOPS EAGR EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2524	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) SOME COMMERCIAL FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 9, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported that World Food Program (WFP) emergency food relief is now finally en route to the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, with 4 trucks making deliveries, and 32 other trucks anticipated [...]	2007-08-10 12:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PHUM PGOV MOPS EAGR EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2535	ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER SEYOUM ON OGADEN AND [...] (S/NF) On August 9, Ambassador discussed Ethiopia's counterinsurgency efforts in the Ogaden and the resulting humanitarian challenges, as well as Ethiopia's military presence in Somalia, with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin. The Ambassador reviewed U.S. Embassy-led meetings on August [...]	2007-08-13 12:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA2566	ETHIOPIA DISASTER DECLARATION: IMMINENT [...] ACTION REQUEST: Ambassador requests Department's concurrence to announce disaster declaration from Addis Ababa, rather than from Washington. If Department concurs, Post seeks to make this announcement on Friday, August 17. END ACTION REQUEST. 2. SUMMARY. Concerns that a severe humanitaria [...]	2007-08-16 11:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ET PHUM PGOV PREF MOPS
07ADDISABABA258	ETHIOPIAN POPULAR OPINION: INFLATION, POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY In an informal survey Post conducted of Addis Ababa residents, interviewees said that the current domestic political climate has yet to recover fully from the violence that marked the 2005 post-election period, and that a subdued anger continues to fester as a result. However, des [...]	2007-01-30 05:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ET ER
07ADDISABABA2597	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES FLUSTERED ON THE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles expressed to the Ambassador and ORA chief on August 18 his frustration over international criticism of Ethiopian operations in the Ogaden. Defensive in tone, the Prime Minister said the counterinsurgency operation against the Ogadeni National Liberation F [...]	2007-08-21 09:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2635	REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION: PARDONED ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Per 9FAM 40.21(a) N10 "Political Offenses," Post requests formal determination from CA/VO/L/A that the convictions of Birtukan Mideksa, Gizachew Shiferaw, Hailu Araya and Biruk Kebede constitute "political offenses." These individuals have applied for NIVs, but are pending [...]	2007-08-24 13:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2697	ETHIOPIA: U/SYG PASCOE REPORTS ISAIAS AND MELES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn B. Pascoe, accompanied by Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Ambassador Azouz Ennifar, informed Ambassador and poloffs on August 29 That both Erit [...]	2007-08-31 05:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2710	MELES DISCUSSES REGIONAL EVENTS WITH CJTF-HOA [...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles thanked Admiral Hart August 30 for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects, logistical support, and training for the Ethiopian military. The Prime Minister lamented that Ethiopia bears the primary burden in Somalia for providing [...]	2007-09-01 07:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS SO ET SU ER
07ADDISABABA2749	ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with NGOs, UN agencies, and Ambassadors from major donor countries and interested parties on the Ogaden. In the fourth such meeting convened recently by Ambassador Yamamoto to consider the humanitarian and security situation in the Ogaden [...]	2007-09-10 06:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2771	ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, National Security Council Senior Director for Africa Bobby Pittman, and Deputy Commander CJTF-HOA BG Holman visited Gode, Ethiopia on September 7 accompanied by the Ambassador, USAID Country Director, DATT, and POLOFFs to receive bri [...]	2007-09-10 11:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SO ET PHUM
07ADDISABABA2773	ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER MEETS WITH [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. LTG Samora Yenus, Ethiopian military Chief of Staff, on September 6 discussed his views on the Ogaden, Somalia, and Eritrea with visiting Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, the Ambassador, DATT, and SIPDIS POLOFF. Samora explained that the situation in the Ogad [...]	2007-09-10 11:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2778	ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER AND PRIME [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Frazer, accompanied by NSC Senior Advisor Pittman raised the Ogaden and her visit to Gode in the heart of the Ogaden region, noting the insurgency problem, food insecurity and the need for reestablishing market mechanisms to help alleviate problems in the [...]	2007-09-10 13:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	ER ET KPKO MOPS PBTS PREL SO
07ADDISABABA2813	ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERS EXPLORING FUTURE OF PARTY AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since their pardon and release from prison in July and August, the members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) Supreme Council have begun actively working to reestablish themselves as the recognized leadership of the CUD. After nearly two years in prison, the former lea [...]	2007-09-17 13:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2859	ETHIOPIA-SOMALILAND: UK APPROACH - SUPPORT [...] (S/NF) Four British Labor Party MPs visited Somaliland the week of September 3. The group is considering advocating for the international community to consider some type of special treatment or &semi-recognition8 of Somaliland and a greater focus of assistance on port development, livestock ma [...]	2007-09-19 09:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER SO ET
07ADDISABABA2863	ETHIOPIA: MOVING FORWARD ON BORDER IMPASSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is an action request message see para 8. On September 17 Ambassador and Poloff attended a Friends of United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) meeting at UNMEE HQ. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar reported there had been no [...]	2007-09-20 06:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2864	ETHIOPIA PRESSURING ERITREA ON BORDER IMPASSE [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu privately informed the Ambassador September 19 that Ethiopia will shortly send a letter to Eritrean President Isaias, with copies to the Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council, calling on Eritrea to abide by the [...]	2007-09-20 08:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PBTS PTER MOPS ER ET
07ADDISABABA2876	ETHIOPIA'S HUMANITARIAN OUTLOOK - FLOODS UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: The overall humanitarian outlook in Ethiopia for the remainder of 2007 is cause for concern. While some areas of the country are particularly fragile, the combination of flooding, emerging nutrition hotspots, continued outbreaks of acute watery diarrhea (AWD),poor belg season rains, [...]	2007-09-20 12:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ET PHUM PGOV PREF MOPS
07ADDISABABA2887	ETHIOPIA: ACCOMMODATING CRITICISMS ON THE OGADEN [...] (S/NF) Summary: National Security Advisor Abay Tsehai told Ambassador, DCM and ORA chief September 20 in a follow-up to the visit of Assistant Secretary Frazer and NSC Senior Director Pittman, Ethiopia was addressing concerns raised by the UN and international community on the problems in the [...]	2007-09-21 09:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2952	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE AND EPRDF OFFICIAL COMMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 21 meeting with poloffs, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Addis Ababa Head of Office Joseph Stephanides said that Eritrea's "fear" of being designated by the USG as a state sponsor of terror had prompted President Isaias to meet recently with [...]	2007-10-02 07:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KPKO ET ER SO IR
07ADDISABABA2958	ETHIOPIA SEEKS THIRD PARTY FACILITATION ON THE [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu told P-5 Ambassadors and UNMEE chief on October 1 that Ethiopia will abide fully with the Algiers Accord, accepts the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) delimitation decision as final and binding, seeks to avoid war and c [...]	2007-10-02 14:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PBTS KPKO ET ER SO IR
07ADDISABABA2968	ETHIOPIA: UNMEE MILITARY OBSERVER REPORTS ETHIOPIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 27 Poloff met with an Amcit United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) military observer (Milob) to discuss the military situation along the Ethiopian-Eritrean border and report on Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) activity. According to the milo [...]	2007-10-04 05:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2978	SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS SOMALIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 25 US Special Envoy for Somalia Ambassador John Yates, Ambassador Yamamoto, and Poloffs met with State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu and separately, with National Security Advisor Abay Tsehaye. On September 26 Ambassador Yates and Poloffs met SIPD [...]	2007-10-04 12:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA3016	ERITREAN OPPOSITION GROUP SEEKING NEW OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 3, Polcouns and Poloffs met with Eritrean National Salvation Front (ENSF) Chairman Amb. Abdella Adem and ENSF Foreign Relations Director Dr. Beyene Kidane to discuss issues related to the Eritrean political opposition. Both leaders emphasized that their priority was [...]	2007-10-10 10:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU
07ADDISABABA302	ETHIOPIA'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY: FIGHTING TO PRESERVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopia's recent military incursion into Muslim Somalia, combined with several widely-reported earlier incidents of Christian-Muslim violence in the rural areas, have prompted quiet discussions among Muslims and Christians alike about whether or not Ethiopia's much vaunted religi [...]	2007-01-31 13:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL ET
07ADDISABABA3036	ETHIOPIA AGOA ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATION [...] Country: Ethiopia Current Status: Eligible -------------------------- COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY -------------------------- 2. After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the government of Ethiopia (GOE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open eco [...]	2007-10-15 08:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA ECON ET
07ADDISABABA3059	SOMALIA: PUNTLAND PRESIDENT ON ELECTIONS, THE TFG, [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 4 Ambassador, PolCouns, and PolOff met with Puntland President Mohamed Muse Hersi Adde and Ministry of Fisheries, Ports, Transport and Marine Resources Said Mohamed Rage to discuss events in Somalia. Adde was accompanied by his son Mohamed and First Secretary Mahad F [...]	2007-10-16 14:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SO ET
07ADDISABABA3101	ERITREAN OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS NOT READY TO RULE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 18 PolOff met with Chairman of the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) Bloc-1 Menghesteab Asmerom to discuss the state of the Eritrean political opposition. Menghesteab is also a member of the Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC) and serves as its [...]	2007-10-23 05:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU
07ADDISABABA311	SOMALIA: PM MELES HIGHLIGHTS LAND REFORM AS KEY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 27 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles highlighted that Somalia's primary clans generally supported the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Only the Hawiye/Habr-Gedir/Ayr sub-clan, the primary political base of the deposed Council of Islamic [...]	2007-02-01 16:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO YE
07ADDISABABA312	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Museveni confirmed that he had appointed a force commander to lead Ugandan peace-keeping troops who were ready to deploy to Somalia as soon as February 1, immediately after obtaining parliamentary approval. Their mission would be to support Somalia's Transitional Feder [...]	2007-02-01 16:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO KISL UG SO SU CD AU
07ADDISABABA3154	ETHIOPIA: PM'S SPECIAL ADVISOR LASHES OUT AT VOA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Voice of America's Horn of Africa Service Chief Fred Cooper, former Information Minister and current Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Bereket Simon implied that local accreditation of VOA stringers may be another casualty (see ref A) among U.S. interests re [...]	2007-10-25 04:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3185	THE OPPOSITION CHALLENGES PRIME MINISTER MELES IN [...] (U) Opposition Parliamentarians offered critical comments of President Girma Woldegirogis, October 8 remarks at the opening session of Parliament during the monthly questioning session of the Prime Minister. UEDF leader and informal leader of the opposition Beyene Petros, CUD/P leader Temskgen [...]	2007-10-29 04:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM ET
07ADDISABABA3187	MELES ON E-E: CONFLICT NO MORE IMMINENT TODAY THAN [...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador on October 27 that the threat of conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea is no more imminent today than it was last year. Following increased reporting in recent days of Ethiopia and Eritrea moving troops and heavy military equipment closer to t [...]	2007-10-29 13:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PBTS PREL ET ER
07ADDISABABA3198	ETHIOPIA: UNMEE OFFICIAL SPECULATES THAT ETHIOPIA [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. On October 23 PolOffs and visiting Desk Officer met with United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Addis Ababa Office Joseph Stephanides who expressed his private views on the border issue. Stephanides said he believes that Ethiopia would use Article 60 [...]	2007-10-30 10:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3200	THE OGADEN HAS REACHED CRISIS LEVEL; GOE IMPEDING [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph three. 2. (S/NF) The Embassy believes that the five Ogaden zones of Ethiopia are now considered to be a humanitarian crisis. Famine-like conditions are currently present and the risk of widespread disease and mortality is severe. This asse [...]	2007-10-30 14:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PHUM PGOV ASEC PREL ET SO
07ADDISABABA325	A/S FRAZER AND ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Just prior to hosting the January 29-30 African Union Summit, at which the potential candidacy of Sudanese President Bashir to become AU Assembly Chairman likely dominated debate, Prime Minister Meles expressed concern about Sudan's future, particularly after authorities in south [...]	2007-02-03 09:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ET SU AU ER
07ADDISABABA3254	UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN DYNAMICS IN THE OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent discussions between Post and UN agency, donor, and NGO interlocutors over the past two weeks highlight the challenges facing the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali region. Ongoing commercial restrictions, limited operational access due to internal security operations in res [...]	2007-11-06 14:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA326	A/F FRAZER AND EC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER MICHEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 30 meeting with AF A/S Frazer on the margins of the African Union Summit, EC Development Commissioner Louis Michel said that he would recommend the release of EU peacekeeping funds earmarked for Somalia, as soon as the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) [...]	2007-02-03 09:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SO SU EUN AU
07ADDISABABA327	AU SUMMIT: ETHIOPIA FOREIGN MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum advised Assistant Secretary Frazer on the imperative nature of the international community to commit resources to help Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) stabilize Somalia. He stressed the urgency and the importance of ensuring a suc [...]	2007-02-03 09:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL EAID MOPS SO ET ER IT SA AU
07ADDISABABA3270	AS LOCAL ELECTIONS APPROACH, THREATS TO THE [...] (C) (Note: Following is an initial survey of the domestic political scene in the run-up to local elections, the first major elections since the historic May 2005 national elections and the violent aftermath. We will report developments as local elections are held next year. End Note) The ne [...]	2007-11-08 06:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ET
07ADDISABABA3277	ETHIOPIA: DISCUSSIONS WITH MFA STATE MINISTER AND [...] (C) In keeping with agreement reached at the October 31 meeting of the NGOs, UN agencies and embassies on the Ogaden hosted by Ambassador Yamamoto (ref 3254),Ambassador and DCM met on November 1 with MFA State Minister Tekeda Alemu to review our concerns on the deteriorating situation in the [...]	2007-11-08 10:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA3290	ETHIOPIA: DISCUSSION WITH PM ON BORDER, OGADEN, [...] (C) Summary: Following AFRICOM General Ward,s November 8 courtesy call on Prime Minister Meles, Ambassador and DCM stayed behind to raise with the PM several issues of interest. Meles said the departure of Somali Prime Minister Ghedi offered an opportunity for progress on reconciliation, but [...]	2007-11-09 14:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3300	ETHIOPIA: AFRICOM COMMANDER MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) In a brief November 8 meeting, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told AFRICOM Commander General Ward that he appreciated the establishment of AFRICOM and looked forward to working closely with the new command. General Ward noted Ethiopia's regional role, especially in Somalia, and welcom [...]	2007-11-13 14:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3334	USAID FIELD ASSESSMENT IN THE OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A small USAID team traveled to conflict-affected areas of the Ogaden November 4-8, 2007 to try to obtain some ground truth on humanitarian, conflict and commercial trade conditions. Following the field assessment, USAID confirms the situation to be very serious and a continued ca [...]	2007-11-15 14:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3337	ETHIOPIA: UN A/SYG FOR PEACEKEEPING MULET ON [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On November 8 PolCouns and Poloff attended a "Friends of UNMEE" meeting where newly appointed UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping (A/SYG) Edmond Mulet briefed the resident diplomatic community on his views of the Ethiopian-Eritrean border situation and Somalia. M [...]	2007-11-16 06:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA3365	THE OGADEN: INSURGENCY AND COUNTER-INSURGENCY [...] (S) Apparent support from the Government of Eritrea and elements within Somalia to the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has moderately improved the tactical capabilities and increased the activities of the largely ineffective nationalist movement in Ethiopia's Ogaden area since early 20 [...]	2007-11-20 14:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PHUM MOPS PGOV PTER ET SO
07ADDISABABA3376	ETHIOPIA: ALL IS QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, FOR [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On November 18-19, PolOff and RefCoord traveled to Shire/Inda Silase in northwest Tigray to meet with United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) military observers (milobs) and separately with Ethiopian Administration of Refugees and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) offi [...]	2007-11-21 14:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PBTS KPKO MOPS PREF PREL ET ER
07ADDISABABA3404	OGADEN: COUNTER INSURGENCY OPERATIONS HITTING A WALL, PART II REF: ADDIS 3365 Classified By: Political/Economic Section Chief Michael Gonzales for re asons 1.4 (B) and (D). [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 09:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM MOPS PGOV PTER ET SO
07ADDISABABA3492	ETHIOPIA: INTER-PARTY TALKS CONTINUE WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than five months since wrapping up negotiations on a revised electoral law and election of a new National Election Board, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Movement (EPRDF) party has finally restarted the inter-party dialogue with opposition parties. H [...]	2007-12-11 08:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
07ADDISABABA3493	USAU: AFRICAN UNION APPOINTS SPECIAL [...] (U) This cable is from US Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Dr. Cindy L. Courville. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 28 the newly appointed African Union Special Representative for Somalia called on Ambassador Courville to introduce himself and to inform her of his vision for h [...]	2007-12-11 10:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR
07ADDISABABA3521	SUDAN: ETHIOPIAN STATE MINISTER TEKEDA DISCUSSES [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On December 5, Ambassador, visiting Sudan Program Group officials, and PolOff met with Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu to discuss Ethiopia's views on Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and Darfur. Tekeda explained that Ethiopia's foreig [...]	2007-12-12 11:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO ET ER SU
07ADDISABABA3586	ETHIOPIA: EMBASSY COORDINATED MEETING ON UPDATE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the Ambassador hosted the fifth in a series of meetings of NGOs, UN agencies and donor countries, with the purpose of discussing and sharing information on the Ogaden. The general consensus was that access to the region by NGO groups has improved and that consid [...]	2007-12-18 13:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PHUM SENV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA3601	ETHIOPIA: UN AND NGOS EXPRESS FRUSTRATION OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Key UN agencies and prominent international NGOs told Poloff in meetings on December 20 that, despite much of the progress discussed in the December 14 meeting at the Ambassador's residence (reftel),GoE bureaucratic challenges and deliberate interference at the local, regional a [...]	2007-12-21 11:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM SENV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA3610	DPPA SOMALI REGION DEYR ASSESSMENT [...] On December 21, members of the United States Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia attended the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GFDRE) Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) Deyr/Karan Assessment briefing for Somali Region. Acco [...]	2007-12-26 13:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3611	USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM IN ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGION [...] Between December 20 and 22, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia security officer met with representatives from the U.N., U.S. Embassy, and non governmental organizations (NGOs) in Addis Ababa to discuss security conditions in Somali Region. Discussions con [...]	2007-12-26 13:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3642	USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: HEALTH AND NUTRITION [...] Summary: Between December 20 and 26, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia health and nutrition specialist met with representatives from the U.N., the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GFDRE),and non-governmental organizations (NGO [...]	2007-12-31 12:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3644	STATUS OF USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM IN ETHIOPIA [...] Summary: On December 19, staff from USAID and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as part of a six-person U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT). The team will assess and report on humanitarian conditions in Somali Region t [...]	2007-12-31 12:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA40	SOMALIA: PM MELES AFFIRMS NEED FOR ETHIOPIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 4 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles said that Ethiopia sought to withdraw its forces from Somalia as soon as possible, as their prolonged presence would only serve to make them a target of possible terrorist attacks from remaining CIC fighter [...]	2007-01-08 09:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO XA
07ADDISABABA408	STATE MINISTER TEKEDA DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda informed Ambassador on February 5 that he would personally meet with Ayr sub-clan leaders from Somalia being hosted by the GOE in Addis Ababa. Tekeda reiterated previous remarks by Prime Minister Meles (reftel) that providing compensation [...]	2007-02-08 16:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO ET SO
07ADDISABABA412	ETHIOPIA'S PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER OUTLINES RECENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ethiopia's Speaker of Parliament, Ambassador Teshome Toga, outlined for the Ambassadors' Donor Group (ADG) parliamentary reforms being implemented. Significant reforms included: the right of the opposition to propose agenda items and bills without securing a minimum number of spo [...]	2007-02-09 06:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KDEM ET
07ADDISABABA418	UNMEE SRSG REPORTS ETHIOPIAN-ERITREAN BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute briefing to diplomatic corps representatives on February 8, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Ethiopia and Eritrea, Ambassador Azouz Ennifar, reported that the situation along with the Ethiopia-Eritrea border remained "tense and volati [...]	2007-02-09 09:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS KPKO KHDP MOPS ET ER

07ADDISABABA420	SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS UNSCR SHOULD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale underscored Somaliland's role in promoting regional stability, practicing democracy, and fighting terrorism, and announced that President Kahin would seek reelection. Duale expressed apprecia [...]	2007-02-09 13:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM EAID SO ET DJ KE UG EG SU
07ADDISABABA451	ETHIOPIA: CHURCH RIFT HIGHLIGHTS INTERNAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent decision by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) in Addis Ababa to revoke the titles of former Patriarch Abuna Merkorios and four of his top bishops is the latest act in a widening feud between the church in Ethiopia and the "EOC in exile," based in the US. A long histor [...]	2007-02-13 11:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KREL ET ER
07ADDISABABA475	ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian civilian candidate who has been nominated for USG-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (SBU) This seminar focuses on a comprehens [...]	2007-02-15 12:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PMIL PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA500	ETHIOPIA: INTER-PARTY TALKS ON ELECTORAL LAWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a potentially significant concession, the ruling EPRDF has agreed to accept nominations from opposition parties for the National Electoral Board, and to prepare a consensus list of candidates from whom the Prime Minister will select the new board. There was no agreement, ho [...]	2007-02-21 12:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ET
07ADDISABABA557	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Prime Minister Meles discussed on February 21 the return of NDI and other USG sponsored programs to build the capacity of the anticipated new National Electoral Board as the nation prepares for local elections. The PM also remarked that it is important not to impo [...]	2007-02-26 05:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KREL ET ER
07ADDISABABA60	SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 14 meeting with Charge a.i. Wilgus and deputy pol-econ counselor, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale expressed interest in establishing a closer strategic relationship with the United States, and appealed for both humanitarian and military assistance to [...]	2007-01-09 10:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PTER EAID KISL SO ET RW AU XA
07ADDISABABA654	ETHIOPIA: GENERAL WARD AND ETHIOPIAN PRIME [...] (C) In a brief courtesy call on Prime Minister Meles on February 26, General Ward described preparations being made to establish an Africa Command. The PM remarked that Ethiopia welcomed the move, noting that it will provide enhanced coordination and cooperation among all countries in Africa, [...]	2007-03-01 12:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MOPS PREL ET
07ADDISABABA68	SOMALILAND PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 9 meeting with Ambassador, Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin appealed for international recognition and support, highlighting Somaliland's political progress and its commitment to democracy and regional stability. Kahin, accompanied by Finance Minister Hussein [...]	2007-01-09 16:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PBTS PINR PTER SO ET DJ XA
07ADDISABABA749	ETHIOPIA: CUD DETAINEES A BARRIER TO DEMOCRACY, [...] (S/NF) Since November 2005 when 12 high profile opposition figures and their key supporters were arrested on charges of seeking to overthrow the government through extra-judicial means, the U.S. Embassy has sought to gain their release. In August 2006, the U.S. Mission worked with Prime Minist [...]	2007-03-09 10:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA770	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: STATE MINISTER'S CONCERNS ON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu raised two concerns with Ambassador on U.S. discussions at the U.N. on March 6 on a new approach on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border conflict. First, Tekeda said the U.S. should not seek other countries which are friendly to Eritrea, [...]	2007-03-13 14:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PBTS KPKO MOPS ET ER
07ADDISABABA771	SOMALIA: DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche for a public statement by Ethiopia supporting the African Union's condemnation of recent attacks on AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops (reftel) to State Minister of Foreign Affairs Takeda Alemu Takeda on March 12. Minister Tekeda noted that Ethiopia is als [...]	2007-03-13 14:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS AU ET SO
07ADDISABABA78	PM MELES AND TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles stressed to Ambassador and DCM Jan. 9 that this was the best time for stabilizing and creating a new order in Somalia without warlords and extremists. He said the Somali clan system and Somalia practices must be respected and not circumvented in order to ens [...]	2007-01-10 16:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE
07ADDISABABA80	CORRECTED COPY - PM MELES AND TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF [...] (U) Revised to correct classification info in paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles stressed to Ambassador and DCM Jan. 9 that this was the best time for stabilizing and creating a new order in Somalia without warlords and extremists. He said the Somali clan system and Somalia [...]	2007-01-11 05:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE
07ADDISABABA853	ETHIOPIA SEEKS INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeda Alemu called in P-5, EU, and other Ambassadors to seek support for Ethiopia's call of condemnation of Eritrea for orchestrating the hostage-taking of five British Embassy staff as well as thirteen Ethiopians. Takeda, referring t [...]	2007-03-19 14:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ET ER AU
07ADDISABABA854	UK SEEKS CONTINUED COLLABORATION TO EFFECT RELEASE [...] (C) DCM and poloff met with UK Ambassador to Ethiopia Robert Dewar on March 16 to discuss the recent release of five European hostages and their return to Addis Ababa. Dewar expressed deep appreciation for USG cooperation throughout the hostage ordeal, especially for providing information on t [...]	2007-03-19 16:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC ET ER
07ADDISABABA856	YUSUF STILL KEY TO SOMALI RECONCILIATION; ERITREA [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 09:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SO ER ET
07ADDISABABA858	YUSUF STILL KEY TO SOMALI RECONCILIATION; ERITREA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador and SIMAS chief March 19 that Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf was the best hope for the stabilization of Somalia. Leadership changes, particularly in the prime ministership, are necessar [...]	2007-03-20 11:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SO ER ET
07ADDISABABA87	ETHIOPIAN FM HAILS COOPERATION, BUT SEEKS LOWER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 11 meeting with Ambassador, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin expressed appreciation for U.S. military cooperation and U.S. political support of its intervention in Somalia, saying that Somalia was "a common challenge" that could not be addressed unilaterally. [...]	2007-01-11 14:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EAID ET SO KE ER
07ADDISABABA874	TRYING TO CORRECT ETHIOPIA'S COURSE AWAY FROM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeda Alemu told Ambassador March 20 that increased tensions with Eritrea poses serious security challenges for Ethiopia and for stability in Somalia. Takeda has argued for a strong statement condemning Eritrea as a terrorist state, [...]	2007-03-21 15:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PBTS ER ET SO AU
07ADDISABABA89	ETHIOPIAN FM HAILS COOPERATION, BUT SEEKS LOWER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 11 meeting with Ambassador, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin expressed appreciation for U.S. military cooperation and U.S. political support of its intervention in Somalia, saying that Somalia was "a common challenge" that could not be addressed unilaterally. [...]	2007-01-12 09:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EAID ET SO KE ER
07ADDISABABA895	UNMEE: ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER CALM DESPITE TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting UNMEE SRSG Ennifar said Eritrean troops continued to occupy the Temporary Security Zone and to establish defenses along the border with Ethiopia, but that the overall situation was "quiet," with "no sign of offensive action by either party." Despite UNSCR 1741, restriction [...]	2007-03-23 09:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO MARR ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA908	UNMEE SRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES ETHIOPIA-ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Azouz Ennifar told Ambassador that he sought to continue serving as head of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),despite Eritrea's continued refusal to recognize his official status. Ennifar said Eritrea's protests arose from difficulties in its relationshi [...]	2007-03-26 09:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PBTS KPKO MOPS MARR ET ER
07ADDISABABA918	ETHIOPIA ON VIOLENCE IN MOGADISHU: REACH OUT TO [...] (S/NF) Prior to, and in response to, intensified fighting in Mogadishu last week, Embassy Addis raised concerns with the Ethiopian Government on the situation in Somalia. In conversations with Embassy Nairobi, we reported on contacts with the ENDF and intelligence service. We called on the [...]	2007-03-26 14:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA92	FOREIGN MINISTER SEYOUM ON SOMALIA: INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Seyoum briefed Addis Ababa-based Ambassadors Donor Group on Somalia on January 11, making two main points: 1) the dispatch of a stabilization force to Somalia, and especially Mogadishu, is urgent, and the international community should engage at all levels to mak [...]	2007-01-12 11:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	AU EAID MOPS PREL PTER ET SO
07ADDISABABA931	ETHIOPIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON HAWIYE TALKS, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian State Minister Takeda Alemu told Ambassador March 27 that he was more hopeful of Ethiopia and Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) making significant inroads in talks with Hawiye clan elders, to secure their commitment to contain extremist elements within [...]	2007-03-28 10:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS ET SO
07ADDISABABA936	ETHIOPIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON HAWIYE TALKS, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian State Minister Takeda Alemu told Ambassador March 27 that he was more hopeful of Ethiopia and Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) making significant inroads in talks with Hawiye clan elders, to secure their commitment to contain extremist elements within [...]	2007-03-28 11:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS ET SO
07ADDISABABA953	SOMALIA: HAWIYE CLAN MANEUVERS FOR ASCENDANCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in Ethiopia remark that Hawiye dissident MPs, led by former Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) Speaker of Parliament Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan and journeying through Eritrea and Djibouti, are trying to secure support as a potential alternative leadership to [...]	2007-03-29 11:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ET ER SO DJ
07ADDISABABA956	ETHIOPIA: VISIT TO WEST OROMIYA REVEALS POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A four-day visit to Ethiopia's western Oromiya region to assess the political climate in anticipation of local elections scheduled for the end of the year found that tension between opposition parties and local government officials remains high. Recent clashes with security servi [...]	2007-03-29 15:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET
07ADDISABABA961	ETHIOPIA: PM MELES DISCUSSES TRAJECTORY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting Assistant Secretary Lowenkron on March 15 that governance issues remain a priority for the GOE. While Meles admitted that the GOE made mistakes before the May 2005 national elections as well as in responding to June and November 2005 anti-government demons [...]	2007-03-30 09:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET
07ADDISABABA977	MANAGING A TOUGH MIL TO MIL RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (S/NF) In a difficult meeting, Ethiopian Chief of Staff General Samora outlined for visiting Combined Joint Task Force ) Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Admiral James Hart on March 28 of Ethiopia's new military priorities: -- General Samora said air mobility was critical as a result of [...]	2007-04-02 12:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MASS ET SO
07ADDISABABA978	ETHIOPIA: CONTAINING ERITREA CAN HELP SOMALIA AND [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles delivered his six month report to Parliament on March 29 in which two of the three topics he raised centered on the conflict in Somalia and the threat from Eritrea. He highlighted Ethiopia,s efforts to strengthen the TFG, provide force protection for Ugand [...]	2007-04-02 12:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PBTS PTER MOPS SO ER ET
07ADDISABABA999	MEETING WITH BURUNDI'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON AMISOM [...] (S/NF) Burundian Foreign Minister Antoinette Batumubwira told USAU Ambassador Courville and Ambassador Yamamoto that logistical questions remain in preparation for deployment of Burundi,s troops to AMISOM. The challenges are strategic lift, training, equipment, survey of the planned deployment [...]	2007-04-04 13:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS BY ET
07AITTAIPEI1437	USDA SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 03:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TW
07AITTAIPEI2109	MEDIA REACTION: THE U.S. AND TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese and English language dailies on September 13th gave significant reporting and editorial coverage to U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Christensen's speech, which was delivered at the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference in Annapolis Tuesday, Sep [...]	2007-09-13 09:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2585	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 8-10 on the removal of the old inscription and the debut of the new inscription -- "Liberty Square" -- on the main arch of the Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall (formerly known as the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall) ov [...]	2007-12-10 09:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07ALGIERS1096	SONATRACH GOES GLOBAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As speculation mounts regarding the date of the next international licensing round for Algerian exploration blocks, Sonatrach has signaled that either downstream market access or partnership in foreign projects will be a precondition for foreign firms wishing to partake in Algeri [...]	2007-08-01 18:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL AG
07ALGIERS129	SKEPTICISM HAILS BEGINNING OF KHALIFA BANK TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: The trial stemming from the collapse of the Khalifa Bank empire started January 8 without the key defendant, bank founder Abdelmoumen Khalifa, who remains in exile in London. Some of Algeria's most powerful ministers and other economic luminaries have been called as witnesses, b [...]	2007-02-04 13:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AG
07ALGIERS1344	ALGIERS IN RAMADAN 2007: RICH BUT NOT HEALTHY [...] (C) Summary: Normally Ramadan is a festive time for Muslim communities but Algiers, at least, is grumpy. There is a prevailing sense that government economic policy is adrift and unable to cope even with relatively simple issues like food supplies. Bigger issues like pervasive unemployment [...]	2007-09-20 10:32:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON AG
07ALGIERS1350	ALGIERS: SUMMARY OF RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since September 19, Algerian security and intelligence services have responded to the planned kidnapping of two French citizens in Algiers and the bombing of a joint French/Italian construction company convoy south of Lahkdaria, approximately 60km from Algiers. The bombing of t [...]	2007-09-24 10:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PTER OSAC AG
07ALGIERS1634	REDOUBLED EFFORTS TO COMBAT BULK CASH SMUGGLING AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria criminalized bulk cash smuggling in 1996 and maintains strict reporting requirements and a non-convertible currency that limit most Algerians' access to foreign exchange. The value and frequency of smuggled cash interdictions dropped from 2005 to 2006, although this may [...]	2007-11-07 19:57:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER AG
07ALGIERS185	MIXED SIGNALS ON RIGHTS OF FAMILIES OF THE [...] (U) In Paris on February 6, Algerian FM Bedjaoui signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which was adopted in December by the UN General Assembly. According to Algerian press reports, one of the aims of the convention is to provide a [...]	2007-02-11 08:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM UNGA AG
07AMMAN2826	DARFUR MESSAGE RELAYED TO JORDAN PRIOR TO KING'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-01 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU JO
07AMMAN2827	JORDAN REPEATS REQUEST FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR PARIS CLUB [...] (SBU) Jordanian officials have renewed their request for the U.S. to join in supporting a debt buyback scheme. The King's Officer Director, Bassem Awadallah, sent Ambassador a new background paper and the text of a letter the Finance Minister sent to the head of the Paris Club (text below). [...]	2007-07-01 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL JO
07AMMAN3209	ADVANCING THE FREEDOM AGENDA IN JORDAN [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Amman consistently advances the freedom agenda in Jordan through: frequent interaction with and support of civil society; engagement with the media; and a multitude of USAID, MEPI and Embassy-sponsored programming. Civil society leaders, democracy promoters and human righ [...]	2007-07-30 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KMPI KPAO SCUL PGOV XF JO
07AMMAN3286	CHANGE IS IN THE AIR: JORDAN'S AVIATION PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) Summary: Several privatization and restructuring efforts continue in Jordan's aviation sector with the support of the King and Parliament (ref A). The Cabinet approved privatization of 74% of Royal Jordanian's stock shares. A contract has been signed for the expansion and private manageme [...]	2007-08-02 13:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO
07AMMAN4205	JORDAN APPRECIATES U.S. POSITION ON DEBT BUYBACK; [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered on October 16 ref C demarche on the U.S. decision to support Jordan's debt buyback proposal in the Paris Club to Bassem Awadallah, the King's Office Director, by phone (Awadallah was in Paris). Awadallah responded that the GOJ was appreciative of U.S. support and fu [...]	2007-10-17 09:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL JO
07AMMAN4338	DESPITE INCREASED REVENUES, SECOND BUDGET SUPPLEMENT NEEDED [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's 2007 budget and initial supplementary annex estimated USD 5.6 billion in total revenues, including foreign grants, and USD 6.1 billion in expenditures. While the GOJ's revenue projections are on-track, skyrocketing fuel subsidy costs have necessitated an additional USD 7 [...]	2007-10-25 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON ENRG PGOV JO
07AMMAN4545	NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THE GROWTH OF RESOURCE [...] (SBU) Jordan, unlike its southern and eastern neighbors, is virtually devoid of natural resources. Reports of probable oil reserves have not been proven, and the GOJ is hopeful that eventual development and exploitation of shale deposits will help to alleviate its dependence on imported fuel [...]	2007-11-13 08:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV JO
07AMMAN4575	DRAFT 2008 BUDGET EXPECTS HIGH INFLATION AND SLOWING GDP [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's 2008 budget now being prepared is expected to include raises for public sector employees and pensioners, and to exclude fuel subsidies, which have necessitated budget annexes in 2007. The draft budget assumes a slow-down in GDP growth to four percent in 2008 after three [...]	2007-11-15 05:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON ENRG PGOV JO
07AMMAN4790	JORDAN REQUESTS $1.9 BILLION IN ECONOMIC AND [...] In his first meeting with the Ambassador on November 27, new Prime Minister Nader Dahabi said that Jordan sought an immediate increase of ESF for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah subsequently conveyed a more detailed funding proposal through letters dated [...]	2007-12-05 16:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREF JO
07AMMAN4820	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT APPLAUDS GOJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 5 visit to Jordan, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt emphasized that Jordan's economic reform program made it possible for the U.S. to support the GOJ proposal to the Paris Club to buy back some of its debt. He encouraged continued reforms, especially eliminat [...]	2007-12-09 11:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ
07ANKARA111	TURKISH PARTICIPATION AT PARIS DONOR'S CONFERENCE [...] (C) Ambassador Koray Turgay, the Turkish MFA official responsible for assistance issues, confirmed that Foreign Minister Gul will represent Turkey at the "Paris III" donor's conference January 25. Turgay said the Minister had not made a final decision on how much Turkey would pledge but it wo [...]	2007-01-19 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID LE TU
07ANKARA1132	TURKISH VIEWS ON OECD ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey supports Russian OECD membership because of Russia's importance to Turkey and because Turkey believes greater Russian participation in international fora will make Russia feel more secure. Keeping Cyprus out of the OECD is their top priority but Turkey is open to consider [...]	2007-05-11 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN OECD TU
07ANKARA115	U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA1163	TURKISH TREASURY OFFICIALS ON IRAQ DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish officials at Sharm expressed willingness to engage with Iraqi officials on the issue of official bilateral Iraqi debt to Turkey. Turkish Treasury officials continue to work on reconciliation of Iraqi debt, both with Turkish state institutions holding claims and with Ir [...]	2007-05-15 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN IZ TU
07ANKARA1310	TURKEY PLANS BLACK SEA OIL SPILL RESPONSE EXERCISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Private industry, the Turkish Government, and other Black Sea littoral states are planning a comprehensive oil spill response exercise September 19-20 at Eregli on the Turkish Black Sea coast, preceded by a series of planning workshops. Industry observers give the Government of [...]	2007-05-30 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EPET EWWT MARR TU RS GG RO
07ANKARA1373	CODELS NELSON AND WHITFIELD MEETING WITH D/CHOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Chief of Defense General Ergin Saygun briefed Codels Nelson and Whitfield on May 28 on Turkey's contributions to regional peace and stability. He complained that some European nations were seeking to re-define trans-Atlantic security at NATO's expense. He described the [...]	2007-06-04 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL MARR TU
07ANKARA1379	TURKEY HOSTS BSEC SUMMIT - USG ATTENDANCE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on Secretary Rice's March message to FM Gul promising participation by a senior State Department official in the June 25 BSEC Summit in Istanbul (ref B) is an important opportunity to emphasize USG support for BSEC and our bigger objective of encouraging economic a [...]	2007-06-04 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV KCRM TU
07ANKARA141	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1507	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1536	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-15 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA161	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1633	TURKEY: MFA U/S APAKAN - MILD OPTIMISM ON [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary (U/S) Apakan reviewed for Ambassador June 21 SIPDIS Turkey's dialogue with the European Union (EU) and France on accession and bilateral relations issues. Turkey views both discussions with cautious optimism. Apakan also updat [...]	2007-06-26 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU FR
07ANKARA1644	ICAO ASSEMBLY: TURKEY INTERESTED IN SUPPORT BUT STILL [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to MFA civil aviation officials, Turkey is interested in supporting several of the U.S. positions at the upcoming ICAO General Assembly, but Turkish officials will begin to meet in the next few weeks to formulate [...]	2007-06-27 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ECON TU
07ANKARA1744	TURKEY SUPPORTS PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OECD TU
07ANKARA1761	REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG TU
07ANKARA1785	REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] (SBU) As discussed in ref email to many of you and based on the widespread interest among chiefs of mission in the area, Mission Turkey proposes to host a Regional Energy COM Conference in Istanbul on September 20-22, 2007. Its purpose will be to consider our Caspian energy strategy and how we [...]	2007-07-12 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG TU
07ANKARA1789	REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] (SBU) As discussed in ref email to many of you and based on the widespread interest among chiefs of mission in the area, Mission Turkey proposes to host a Regional Energy COM Conference in Istanbul on September 20-22, 2007. Its purpose will be to consider our Caspian energy strategy and how we [...]	2007-07-13 07:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG TU
07ANKARA2273	REGIONAL ENERGY CHIEFS OF MISSION CONFERENCE - [...] This message grants country clearance and provides an update on administrative and logistical arrangements for the Regional Energy Chiefs of Mission Conference to be held at the Conrad Hilton hotel in Istanbul September 20-22, 2007. Attendees will receive a notional schedule via email in comin [...]	2007-09-06 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TU
07ANKARA2403	VETERAN DIPLOMAT FINALLY NAMED SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: On September 22, the Government of Turkey announced the appointment of Turkish Ambassador to Greece Tahsin Burcuoglu as Secretary General of Turkey's National Security Council (MGK),a post that has been vacant for months because of the previous President's refusal to sign off on [...]	2007-09-24 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TU
07ANKARA2487	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2491	US EUROPEAN/CASPIAN/EURASIAN ENERGY STRATEGY [...] (SBU) On September 20-22, Istanbul hosted a Eurasia regional energy Chiefs of Mission conference. Participants included representatives from the supplier country posts of Ashgabat, Astana, Baghdad and Baku; posts in countries that are on key transit routes and/or are major buyers, including t [...]	2007-10-05 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET XF XG ZK TU
07ANKARA2511	TURKEY: FRENCH FM ATTEMPTS TO MEND FENCES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On October 5, FM Kouchner became the first high-level French official to visit Turkey since the French National Assembly's approval of a bill criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide nearly a year ago. Characterizing the trip as a symbol of France's desire to improve [...]	2007-10-11 06:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR TU
07ANKARA2579	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA260	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA262	EURO-TURKISH PROSECUTORS' ANTI-TERRORISM ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25-26, the US Department of Justice, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training ("OPDAT") through post's Resident Legal Adviser, hosted a legislative roundtable on methods to investigate and prosecute terrorist organizations, particularly t [...]	2007-02-07 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN TU FR NL UK
07ANKARA270	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-08 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2755	TURKEY PASSES ITS NUCLEAR ENERGY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish Parliament passed the long pending Nuclear Energy Law on October 8, after just two days of debate and despite criticism from opposition parties and NGO's. The law is expected to be approved by the President. The law establishes an extremely rapid selection process, [...]	2007-11-09 17:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
07ANKARA2817	CFE/ISTANBUL: TURKEY SHARES OUR SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (C) We shared ref a points with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun on November 21. Gun was grateful to have our views in advance of the arrival of the German and Spanish ambassadors, who met with Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay later that day to push the G [...]	2007-11-23 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS NATO OSCE KCFE TU
07ANKARA2839	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 06:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2856	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2862	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2915	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA3004	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA317	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION@SDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA367	TURKEY SEEK TO REVITALIZE BSEC AS IT FETES 15 YEARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey aims to use its BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary at its Istanbul Summit on June 25. BSEC and Turkey urge high level participation at this event. BSEC hopes to highlight BSEC institutional refo [...]	2007-02-20 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV KCRM TU
07ANKARA407	ENERGY MIN TELLS A/S SULLIVAN READY TO TRANSIT AZERI GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 10 meetings with EEB A/S Dan Sullivan on the margins of U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Committee meetings, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and state-owned pipeline company (BOTAS) acting Director General Saltuk Duzyol emphasized that Turkey is ready facilitate transit [...]	2007-02-26 10:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ
07ANKARA463	NEXT STEPS ON PKK IN EUROPE [...] (S) Summary: Recent French arrests of PKK operatives on criminal charges are a good sign of progress against PKK networks in Europe. To most effectively build on this, we need to follow up to move law enforcement and intelligence cooperation with Europeans to an operational level. Post recom [...]	2007-03-01 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN TU
07ANKARA615	TURKEY OPEN TO PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) We have provided reftel's non-paper to several different offices at the Turkish MFA, particularly those involved in the recent Policy Planning Talks: the Americas desk, their Policy Planning shop and the Office of Multilateral Economic Affairs. S/P Krasner raised the PDG in his February [...]	2007-03-19 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OECD KDEM TU
07ANKARA661	PKK: PUSHING INTRA-EUROPEAN COOPERATION ON S/CT [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Security Affairs DG Hayati Guven recommends that S/CT Urbancic use his travel to Paris, Brussels and Copenhagen next week to maximize intra-European information-sharing on PKK financial operations. He stressed the financial links between the PKK financiers arrested i [...]	2007-03-22 17:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EFIN PTER KTFN TU JO IZ FR DA BE
07ANKARA756	TURKEY: ADVANCING BYPASSES AND IRAQ GAS/OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish public and private sector officials are eager to move forward on consideration of Iraqi gas for export to and via Turkey. The GOT is ready to discuss scheduling the second meeting of the Iraq Gas Working Group, but expects to receive a draft from the USG on conclusions [...]	2007-04-03 08:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV TU IZ
07ANKARA77	TURKEY: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness To Foreign Investment The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),are [...]	2007-01-17 09:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV OPIC KTDB USTR TU
07ANKARA804	TURKEY PLANS ITS BSEC SUMMIT BIRTHDAY PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA held a meeting with Embassies April 4 to describe its planning for the June 25 BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) Summit meeting of heads of state and government. Turkey aims to use its chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary a [...]	2007-04-09 05:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV KCRM TU
07ANKARA862	HIJACKING OF TURKISH AIRLINER ON APRIL 10 [...] (U) On April 10, a Boeing 737 owned by private Turkish airline Pegasus heading to Istanbul from Diyarbakir was hijacked 25 minutes after takeoff. The hijacker, Mehmet Goksingol, told crew members he would explode a cell-phone activated bomb in a package he had with him if the plane did not ta [...]	2007-04-13 04:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR ASEC CASC TU
07ANKARA868	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANTANANARIVO100	COMOROS EAGER FOR BILATERAL TALKS WITH U.S. [...] SUMMARY. During meetings January 22-23 in the Union of the Comoros, PolEcon Chief and visiting Desk Officer laid the ground work for the first meeting of the U.S.-Comoros Joint Committee for Bilateral Cooperation. The Comoran officials expressed interest in discussing the African Growth and O [...]	2007-01-31 13:18:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID ECON ENRG KISL CN
07ANTANANARIVO1005	BOEING PRESENTATION WELL RECEIVED BY AIR MAD [...] (SBU) A perfectly-timed Boeing visit to Madagascar September 24-28 included a sales presentation for new long-haul aircraft to the Board of Directors of Air Madagascar. Consistent with President Ravalomanana's recent pledge to "keep Air Madagascar a Boeing airline," Board members were report [...]	2007-10-01 10:02:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP ECON EFIN PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO1016	Embassy's Third Annual Iftar Reception [...] The Ambassador and DCM hosted September 25 the Embassy's third annual Iftar reception in Antananarivo. Friends and contacts from Madagascar's diverse Muslim communities attended - Khoja, Sunni, Bohra, and Ismailis -- again expressing their appreciation for our hospitality. Interestingly, Mad [...]	2007-10-05 03:19:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO1034	HISTORIC SHIP VISIT WELL RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: The historic port call of the USS NORMANDY on the northern coastal city of Diego Suarez from September 29 through October 2, the first such formal ship visit to Madagascar since 1972, showcased greater U.S. engagement in Madagascar. President Ravalomanana's visit onboard the ship wa [...]	2007-10-09 12:55:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO1035	ARRESTED MALAGASY MAYORS RECEIVE DUE PROCESS [...] The verdicts from the trials of two political opponents of President Ravalomanana were recently made public. After five months in pre-trial detention, former Mayor of Tamatave and presidential candidate Roland Ratsiraka (REF A) was acquitted October 4 of embezzlement of government funds and f [...]	2007-10-10 03:49:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ASEC MA

07ANTANANARIVO104	SENATOR RASAMOELY NAMED NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] The President on January 31 appointed Senator Frederick Rasamoely to be the new Governor of the Central Bank of Madagascar, replacing Gaston Ravelojaona who retires after 10 years as head of the Bank. Senator Rasamoely was previously the General Manager of Ny Havana Insurance Company and serv [...]	2007-02-01 12:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ECON MA

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